Florence K

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Warmth, refinement, musicality, emotion: these four words easily sum up Florence K’s entire body of work. Her young, but impressive career began as a family affair: she took the K in her stage name from her musician father Hany Khoriaty and she began to perform by singing backing vocals for her mom, famous Canadian opera singer, Nathalie Choquette. Trained as a classical singer since childhood, Florence later studied classical piano and several languages; a passion that is expressed throughout her recordings, as her songs move elegantly between Spanish, French and Portuguese. But let’s get back to the bigger story, shall we? Florence, having toured the world with her mother, returned to Montreal where piano became more prominent in her life as she started playing at Stash Café four nights a week. At the tender age of 18, her range of repertoire was already impressive, as she alternated between bossa nova and blues while playing jazz and pop music as well. Florence’s maturity and musicality rapidily progressed as her repertoire expanded. October 2003 is a landmark in Florence K’s career, as she founded Red Blues Productions with Pierre Deslauriers, a joint venture that still flourishes today and publishes all of Florence’s compositions. On a more musical note, Florence chose a truly amazing live concert recording to serve as her debut album. Live au Lion d’Or documents a mesmerizing performance that took place in November 2004. The album was released in May 2005 to critical

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