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THE SAINT LOUIS (USA)-BORN R&B SINGER GREW UP TRAVERSING TWO MUSICAL PATHS. HER VIOLIN STUDIES BEGAN AT THE AGE OF THREE, FOCUSED IN LEARNING FIDDLE TUNES AND JAZZ REPERTOIRE OF CHARLIE “BIRD” PARKER, JOHN COLTRANE, AND VARIOUS ARRANGEMENTS OF CHARLES MINGUS. GIVEN HER PROWESS AND LOVE OF IMPROVISATION FROM A YOUNG AGE, HER MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE YEARS WERE RICH WITH VICTORIES AT ACCLAIMED JAZZ COMPETITIONS, OPENING PERFORMANCES, AND COLLABORATIONS FOR ARTISTS, SUCH AS EARTH WIND AND FIRE, THE ROOTS, THE EAGLES, ALISON KRAUSS, AND BILAL, AND MANY GRAND SCALE FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES.
HOWEVER, AFTER HER GRADUATION IN VIOLIN PERFORMANCE FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS MUSIC UNIVERSITY, BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, SHE DECIDED TO TAKE A TURN OF COURSE INTO HER TRUE PASSION FOR SINGING. SHE BEGAN TO SING PROFESSIONALLY IN 2012, IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION, AND COLLABORATED ON MANY PROJECTS
LYDIA IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH ITALIAN MUSICIANS, AND IS EXPLORING NEW AVENUES IN HER NEW HOMETOWN.
