Lamia Yared

Lamia started taking classical voice lessons while a teenager. She first became involved in a Yiddish musical, Double Identity, presented at the Saydie Bronfman Theater. The experience broadened her interest for klezmer and traditional/world  music. Her primary interest was singing jazz standards and therefore took private lessons in jazz improvisation with Ranee Lee. She has performed in restaurants with the pianist Félix Stussi, and also participated in midnight jam sessions in New York.


Lamia went later to study music theory and jazz improvisation at Concordia University. During this period, she took part of the fund raising event for Liban-Canada fonds. She has recently  been  touring as a back vocalist for Francesca Gagnon, the voice of Alegria in Cirque du Soleil. Lamia is fascinated by Byzantine, Middle Eastern music and Sephardim songs. Exploring improvisation along those new avenues is to be her next venture as a singer.