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Rochester, NY—December 15, 2023—Tickets for Laufey that went on sale today at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time sold out in half an hour.
Producer and Artistic Director, John Nugent, said, "Marc Iacona and I are extremely pleased that Laufey has sold all tickets to her show in one of the fastest sellouts in RIJF’s 21-year history! The power of social media combined with an exceptionally gifted talent like Laufey is truly astounding. We are so looking forward to having Laufey perform in our headliner series on Wednesday, June 26!"
Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is a phenomenal young artist who crosses boundaries and meshes the old with the new. She is headlining at the Festival's nine-day 21st Edition (June 21-29, 2024) on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 8 p.m. at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre.
The 24-year-old is a Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs are about young love and self-discovery.
Raised between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C., with annual visits to Beijing, the Icelandic-Chinese artist grew up playing cello as well as piano and became hooked on the jazz standards of Ella Fitzgerald after digging through her father’s record collection.
In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single, “Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. Following the release of her 2021 Typical of Me EP, Laufey hosted her own show on BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds. Her debut full-length, Everything I Know About Love, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album chart, and the lead single “Valentine” peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. In 2022 Laufey was the most streamed jazz artist on Spotify, with 425 million streams across all platforms. Read more
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