LIOR: LIVE AT EMANUEL

LIOR & OTHER ARTISTS RETURN TO EMANUEL!

A collection of hugely talented artists, all part of the Emanuel family, coming together for one great night of music

Our headline act, LIOR, burst onto the Australian music scene in 2005 with his debut album – ‘Autumn Flow’.

Recorded and released entirely independently, and spearheaded by the much-loved opening track ‘This Old Love’

LIOR Awards & Accolades

• 2 * ARIA Award winner (Best Classical Album ‘Compassion’ (2014) and joint winner for ‘Best Original Soundtrack’ together with Nigel Westlake for ‘Ali’s Wedding’ (2016)

• 7-time ARIA nominee including ‘Best Male Artist’, ‘Best Independent Release’, ‘Best Breakthrough Artist’, ‘Best Children’s Album’. (2005-2017)

• Recipient of Melbourne Music Prize Civic Choice Award (2016)

• Recipient of the Australian Institute of Music Fellowship for outstanding services to the Australian Music Industry (2016)

• Winner of APRA Screen Music Award for ‘Best Original Song Composed for Screen’ – Hoot’s Lullaby (2012)

• Winner of Queensland Theatre Matilda Award for ‘Best Original Score’ – ‘The Wider Earth’ (2017)

• Winner of the Austin Table Critics’ Award for ‘Best Symphonic Performance of 2015-2016’ – ‘Compassion’ with the Austin Symphony Orchestra

• Joint winner of the MRC ‘Contemporary Masters Award’ for song cycle – ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ (2016)

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CHUTNEY

"A hot, spicy blend of flavours, putting a modern twist on klezmer music!"

Drawing on their Eastern European and Middle Eastern heritage, they present a hot, spicy and high-energy mix of original compositions plus their own arrangements of traditional dance tunes. 

Comprising violin, clarinet, keyboard, bass, percussion and drums, the musicians’ on-stage chemistry is electric as they joyfully traverse genres from folk to tango, gypsy jazz to indie rock, classical to funk, east to west. Be prepared to dance!

LARA GOODRIDGE

As a singer and violinist, Lara has worked in many genres and areas with a vast range of experience in her 30 years as a professional musician.

As one-quarter of electric string quartet, FourPlay, Lara has performed around the world including Carnegie Hall (NYC), The Barbican (UK) as well as our own venues including The Sydney Opera House, The State Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Melbourne Arts Centre and more. 

As “Lulu” in their ARIA nominated French band Baby et Lulu (with Abby) Lara has enjoyed much success over the past decade or so, having played at major festivals such as Womadelaide, Melbourne Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Port Fairy Music Festival and critically acclaimed sold out shows at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

She is also one-third of the Miriam Lieberman Trio, which enjoys a vibrant career amongst festivals alike. Miriam’s most recent album was voted in the top 20 Albums of 2021 in The Guardian. 

ILAN KIDRON

Ilan is a Billboard #1 multi award winning recording artist and songwriter with over a billion streams. He has co-writes and producer credits with Ricky Martin, Sesame Street, Kygo, Rita Ora, Chance The Rapper, Hayden James, Sesame Street, NAATIONS, Jessica Mauboy, Tina Arena, Miyavi, Botnek, Tommy Trash and others.

He is best known for his work as lead singer for Australia’s multi platinum dance music act The Potbelleez.  "Don't Hold Back", the Belleez lead single was #1 in the ARIA Dance charts for 27 weeks and went triple platinum in Australia. Their next 3 singles went Gold, Gold and double platinum. As lead singer for The Potbelleez he supported Usher on his 2014 sold out Australian tour.es went Gold, Gold and double platinum. 

His writing collaboration with Rita Ora and Kygo was the lead single for the Pokemon, Detective Pikachu movie. Highlights include writing Jessica Mauboy's "Sea of Flags" for her inauguration at Eurovision. Kidron composed music for Oscar nominated short film “Inja” and several Tropfest finalists.  His release with Will Sparks "Ah Yeah So What" went double platinum. He has two #1 Billboards with "Que Olvidantote" by Reik and "Come With Me" by Ricky Martin.

From 2013-2019, as an educator and ambassador for APRA/AMCOS, Kidron helped create the “Songmakers” syllabus www.songmakers.com.au, known artists Katie Noonan, KLP, Lior, Megan Washington and others.

In 2021 Ilan wrote, produced and sang the theme song for the CH7 Paralympics.

NADAV KHAN

Nadav is an Israeli-born, Sydney-based musician, award-winning singer/songwriter, producer, music therapist and mantra meditation teacher. He has released 12 records to date and has worked on many musical collaborations with artists from Maroon 5, Phantom Planet, Empire of the Sun, Gomez, as well as co-writing tracks for Steve Aoki, Aminé and Lior.

He has been a member of several bands, including Gelbison, Kahn Brothers, Nations by the River, Operation Aloha and, most recently, Air Land Sea.

In 2009, Nadav received the prestigious Australian APRA Music Award for ‘Song of the Year’ for co-writing & co-producing the Old Man River song ‘Sunshine’. In 2013 he composed his first feature film soundtrack for ‘Despite the Gods’, a documentary following director Jennifer Lynch through Bollywood. This year Nadav’s music will be heard at the 2022 Sydney Film Festival with the release of the feature film ‘Everything In Between’.

THE DETAILS!

• Date: 13 October

• Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm

• How much: $65

• Venue: Emanuel Synagogue - 7 Ocean St, Woollahra NSW 2025

Food and drinks will be available on the night for purchase.