Who is she?

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Livia Gazzolo is a Kurdish-American world music vocalist based in Chicago, IL. Having recently graduated from Berklee College of Music, she has spent the past few years exploring the connectivity of cultures through music. Livia has built an innovative musical repertoire that spans geography, epochs, language and musical genres. Her style pulls inspiration from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearies, Helen Merrill, and Elise Regina. With a combination of lilting vibrato, and middle eastern melisma, Livia intertwines original jazz melodies with Brazilian Tropicalia and Kurdish folk music to create a vibrant quilt of cultures in her upcoming single and EP releases. Most recently, she extended her artistic practice to include live performance in front of silent films from the early 1900's, using music as a modern lens by which to illuminate historical patterns in the films that are still relevant today. For more information about the silent film project, visit the Gazzolo Productions page.