zolalimusic + Musician in Ashfield, WA

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ABOUT

Zola Li is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter for experimental and improvised music. Originally from Taiwan, she had since taken her original music to many cities in Thailand, Taiwan and Europe, and also developed a passion for a wide range of musical styles that include anything from classical, Irish, blues, Latin to jazz during this journey. After winning the Taiwan Folk Song Award (2016), she was invited to popular Taiwan TV shows, namely Taiwan Television??and Chung T'ien Television?????, and was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia during her trip in Europe. Driven by her dedication to music, she has been seen performing at many acclaimed festivals, including Shanghai Creative Life Festival (2017)?????, The West Australian Guitar Festival (2019), Italian Film festival, Perth Bonjour festival (2019) and Bunbury fringe festival (2020). She currently leads her gypsy jazz band Sino Swing which was formed in 2019. The band performs regularly around Perth. Zola is also a solo vocalist, performing with the guitar and piano. She sings in Chinese, Taiwanese and English. In addition to her profession as a musician, she plays a vital role as a Master of Ceremony, youth community liaison, and mentor of World Music Café which is a social enterprise that creates live concerts and international cuisine experience showcasing culturally diverse artists and world music genres.
photo credit: Bohdan Warchomij

Screen name:

zolalimusic

Member since:

Feb 07 2020

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

14

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

Stephane grappelli

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Expert

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Acoustic Guitar:

Expert

Violin:

Expert

Fiddle:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

Five strings electric violin
Line 6 pedal board

Acoustic violin
Guitar acoustic and electric

MUSIC