LIOR


Singer / Songwriter


LIOR is one of Australia’s most successful singer-songwriters, renowned for his beautiful voice and songs that radiate truth and sincerity.

After bursting onto the Australian scene in 2005 with his stunning debut album Autumn Flow, subsequent albums, tours, accolades and projects have raised his profile to one of Australia’s most recognised and respected musicians on the independent scene.



Compassion

Compassion is a symphony of songs that unites the soulful power of Lior's voice with the radiance and drama of Nigel Westlake's orchestral style. It is based on seven ancient Hebrew and Arabic texts, each offering a perspective on the namegiving concept. The work achieves the seemingly impossible: a uniting of cultures in a joyful celebration of compassion and its ability to bring people together.

“Compassion is a pungently expressive work that expounds a more personal vision of humanity. 5 out of 5 stars.”
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The Australian

Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2013, Compassion has since been performed with orchestras throughout Australia and in the USA.

Lior has now created with Westlake a chamber sized version which premiered at the Adelaide Festival in 2018, offering the opportunity to take this enchanting work to a wide range of venues in collaboration with local chamber musicians.

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Lior and Compassion composer Nigel Westlake with Sydney Symphony Orchestra