Livia

Livia was born and raised in New York City. She enjoyed singing all her life but only took it up professionally at age 24. Since then Livia has been performing in the NY Tri-State area as lead vocalist of various top bands at some of the well known entertainment venues in the NYC area. She has opened for David Clayton Thomas and Blood Sweat and Tears and performed with Paul Schaeffer of the David Letterman Show.
Livia is an energetic and engaging performer bringing a diverse range of styles drawing from the influences of Dinah Washington, Barbra Streisand, Linda Rondstadt, Judy Garland, Nancy Wilson and Aretha Franklin. During this time, Livia has continued to hone her craft by studying with renowned vocal coach Jim Carson.
Livia is now focused on a solo career and has recorded a new CD that is an expression of her varied musical influences such as jazz, R&B, swing and pop. She has accomplished this by employing musicians from various musical backgrounds under the direction of arranger and producer Rob Filomena. Livia and Rob brought in a great cast of musicians such as Sarah Jane Cion on piano along with Grammy nominated Phil Palombi on bass, SYOTOS horn section consisting of Chris Washburne, John Walsh and Ole Mathisen and Grammy Award Winning Engineer, Luis F. Herrera.