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Lua Hadar

Multi-lingual and multi-talented, LUA HADAR has performed as a singer and actor since her New York childhood. Graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. in Theatre Performance, Lua attended the celebrated Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and The Dalcroze School of Music, also studying with Metropolitan Opera coach, Joan Dornemann.

Lua sings jazz influenced by pop, funk, latin and international cabaret. Instantly accessible and truly exotic, this Broadway- influenced performer has been molded by exchange experiences in places as diverse as Bali, Russia, Switzerland, Japan, Thailand, France and Italy. Her fascination with world cultures is reflected in the sophisticated song choices for her band, TWIST, in their signature “jazz without borders.”

A unique and original vocalist with a soaring range, Lua interprets lyrics in several languages with a charming, swinging delivery. Michael Arens of Jazz Germany says ...She makes the other side of the world seem a stone's throw away. Her Paris debut in July 2009 came on the heels of the successful New York release of her latest CD, Lua Hadar with TWIST, at Broadway’s Iridium Jazz Club (…stunning… sheer beauty… she rocked! ��" Cabaret Scenes, NYC) and her band’s international debut at the Bangkok International Festival of Dance & Music.

Her CD, Lua Hadar with TWIST, has garnered raves from around the world, (…vivacious brand of jazz…inspired… swinging…cool - Luna Kafé, Sweden; …seductive… polished vocal phrasing… irresistible - Blast Radio 1386, UK) as well as Radio Top 10 Ratings in the USA. It appears on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and most digitial services, including Shazam.

She has appeared at The Fairmont Hotel, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, Anna’s Jazz Island, Jazz at Pearl’s, and her sold-out September 2009 appearance with her band, TWIST, at San Francisco’s Rrazz Room, debuted her new show, French Connection, to raves. (…seamlessly bridges the culture gap … superb… creates the sound and atmosphere of a Paris music hall… - Cabaret Scenes, San Francisco; the SF Examiner called French Connection “part of her worldly charm.”).

A sellout audience at New York’s landmark Cornelia Street Café in April 2010 (…beyond language, beyond words��"pure yearning, perhaps… - MS Nieson, All About Jazz) brings her back to the Cornelia in 2011. She has just returned from a cultural exchange master class and concert with a 12-piece band in Lille, France, followed by performances in Los Angeles and at San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre and Haas- Lilienthal House. Lua and her band are regulars at San Francisco’s vintage chic Bliss Bar, and Lua is a teaching artist with several organizations in the San Francisco Bay area and at her own New Performance Group Studio.

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Album Review

Lua Hadar with Twist: Like A Bridge

Read "Like A Bridge" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Singer Lua Hadar her band Twist have aptly come up with Like a Bridge, a bold, worldly musical venture with multiple lingual selections and styles. Hadar's grasp of various languages and vernaculars is vast, singing in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian and Malagasy. What is more impressive is her command of each of the seven dialects' dictions and supple inflections within the musical selections, and her phrasing of each melodic line.“Bridge over Troubled Water" begins with Larry ...

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Lua Hadar with TWIST at the Cornelia Street Café, NYC

Read "Lua Hadar with TWIST at the Cornelia Street Café, NYC" reviewed by Marc Nieson


Lua Hadar with TWISTJazz with a Twist of Français Cornelia Street Café New York, New York April 24, 2010

Say chanteuse and what comes to mind? A smoky Parisian cellar? A rain-slicked side street in Montmartre? Edith Piaf poised before a thick microphone, spilling her ever-rallying soul for romance and La Resistance?

Well, if you were fortunate enough to catch Lua Hadar with TWIST at the Cornelia Street Café Cabaret on the night of April ...

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Jazz Without Borders Lua Hadar and her global jazz band TWIST debut at Yoshi’s Oakland, previewing new CD Sunday, March 11 @ 7pm

Jazz Without Borders Lua Hadar and her global jazz band TWIST debut at Yoshi’s Oakland, previewing new CD Sunday, March 11 @ 7pm

Source: Lua Hadar

San Francisco, CA: Vocalist Lua Hadar with her band TWIST make their Yoshi's Oakland debut on Sunday, March 11 at 7pm with their signature “Jazz Without Borders," an evening of international jazz. The set list includes several tunes from the band's new CD, Like A Bridge, recently recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. Also, a new song by guest pianist-vocalist-composer Candace Forest receives its U.S. premiere, along with an eclectic mix from the band's “jazz without borders" repertoire, sung ...

…And not only could she pull off the French with due charm, but her voice offered the full roundness and savor of a vintage Bordeaux…the tiny stage [at New York’s Cornelia Street Café] blossomed forth each time Hadar took to the mic…we were transported to a place beyond language, beyond words ��"pure yearning, perhaps…��" MS Nieson, All About Jazz

She makes the other side of the world seem just a stone’s throw away… - Michael Arens, Jazz Dimensions, Germany

This review only needs one word really ��" WOW! … Hadar spreads a rainbow of passion across the musical landscape… fire power spicier than any dish in a local cabana… simply amazing. - J. Edward Sumearu, The Metro Spirit, Augusta, Georgia.

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Primary Instrument

Vocals

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Credentialed teacher. Teach Master Classes in vocal performance at the microphone. All levels. Private studio, San Francisco, CA. Students perform in public shows at local clubs. Contact [email protected] for more information and schedule. www.newperformancegroup.net

Clinic/Workshop Information

Interpretation, stye, audience contact and mic technique with the Great American Songbook.

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Like A Bridge

Bellalua Records
2012

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