1. Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne.
26 Facts About Lior
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Lior is best known for his 2005 debut studio album Autumn Flow, which featured singles such as "Daniel", the title track and his signature song "This Old Love".
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Lior was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel and he and his family moved to Sydney when he was 10.
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In 2000, Lior released his debut extended play The Soul Suicide EP.
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In October 2004, Lior recorded his debut studio album Autumn Flow.
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Lior sent it to a number of record labels but failed to secure a deal, and released the album independently, late in 2004.
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Lior has toured with the WOMAD festival in 2005 to the UK, Singapore and Korea.
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Lior performed at the Spiegeltent throughout the world, and the Make Poverty History concerts in Australia.
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In February 2006, Lior released a live album, Doorways of My Mind, recorded at the Northcote Social Club.
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In February 2008, Lior released his second studio album, Corner of an Endless Road.
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In 2008, Lior toured extensively, both in his home country of Australia and abroad including feature performances at the Edinburgh Festival.
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In 2009, Lior launched the Shadows and Light Tour, a collaboration with renowned shadow artists Stephen Mushin and Anna Parry; an interactive performance combining Lior's music with live shadow art performance and featured a season at the Sydney Opera House.
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In 2009, Lior was approached by children's television show Giggle and Hoot series producer Clare Gerber, and was asked to write a song.
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Lior agreed thinking "this could be fun" and wrote "Hoot's Lullaby".
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In October 2010, Lior released his third studio album Tumbling into the Dawn.
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In 2011 Lior wrote and recorded "Hey Hootabelle" for Giggle and Hoot.
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In March 2014, Lior released his fourth studio album Scattered Reflections.
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From December 2015, Lior played the part of Motel Kamzoil in Fiddler on the Roof at Melbourne's Princess Theatre opposite musical theatre star Anthony Warlow.
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In 2016, Lior worked with producer Tony Buchen to write an orchestral score for The Wider Earth, a Queensland theatre production based on Charles Darwin's journey on HMS Beagle.
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In 2016 Lior co-wrote and recorded a children's album with The Idea of North and Elena Kats-Chernin for the HUSH Foundation.
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In 2019 Lior featured as the guest vocalist for the Australian Chamber Orchestra's 'Luminous' tour which toured nationally in Australia as well as performances in the Barbican in London.
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In September 2018, Lior released his fifth studio album Between You and Me.
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In 2018 Lior was awarded a Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Music in recognition of outstanding achievements and services to Australian music.
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In 2019, Lior formed the musical group Air Land Sea with Nadav Kahn and Tony Buchen.
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In 2019 Lior was awarded the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of over two years, given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.
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In 2021, Lior collaborated with fellow singer-songwriter Domini Forster on Animal in Hiding.