NIKKI
YANOFSKY
Nikki was born in Montreal,
in 1994, with an extraordinary
gift… a magical
voice. Singing since
she could speak, she
began her career by
performing in front
of small audiences in
Stowe, Vermont. As her
passion for music grew,
so did her voice. By
age eleven, she was
ready for the next step…
and the timing was impeccable.
She performed two songs
at the annual Maimonides
Battle of the Bands
fundraiser at Club Soda
with her father’s
band, the Past Their
Prime-Time Players.
Nikki captivated the
spectators with her
powerful voice and velvety
tone. The audience that
night included a few
people from the Montréal
music scene, and, as
a result, Nikki was
invited to perform at
a Porn Flakes jam-night
event in February, alongside
a lineup of prominent
Quebec artists.
Once
again, Nikki hit the
mark! Two songs were
enough to get this “in-crowd”
howling and screaming.
Montreal Jazz Festival’s
André Ménard
invited Nikki, on the
spot, to headline at
this year’s edition…
and television personality
Éric Salvail,
who also performed that
fabled night at Club
Soda, seized the opportunity
to host Nikki’s
television debut on
his top-rated TVA network
show, On a pas toute
la soirée. You
guessed it… another
sizzling success, paving
the way for other television
appearances on Global,
TVA, CBC and CTV, and
feature articles in
virtually every local
newspaper.
June
29, 2006… Nikki
headlines the Alcan
stage at the Montreal
International Jazz Festival…
two one-hour shows…
fifteen songs per set…
Nikki is belting out
Aretha Franklin and
Stevie Wonder melodies,
scatting Ella Fitzgerald
standards, and performing
“her” unique
versions of other jazz,
soul and blues classics.
The large, responsive
audience (100,000+ for
both shows), empowered
Nikki. The long series
of intense rehearsals
with a stellar group
of professional musicians
and vocalists pays off…
Nikki Yanofsky gives
the performance of her
life… and Nikki
Yanofsky has the time
of her life! She also
had the honour to perform
two duets with jazz
legend Oliver Jones
at the recent Hope and
Cope fundraising dinner
in Montreal.
The
music industry is buzzing,
to say the least. There
is already intense international
interest. Nikki has
been profiled on television
and in publications,
both locally and nationally.
Her calendar is filling
up rapidly. Great things
are on the horizon,
and we all look forward
to watching Nikki’s
growth, both as a burgeoning
talent, and as a young
woman with a radiating,
warm and infectious
personality. Oliver
Jones summed it all
up after his first rehearsal
with Nikki… “Jazz
is alive in Canada!”
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