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More than photos, texts or diplomas, it is my voice that best represents who I am ...

Here is my background in a few words ...

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My name is Laurence Lo Presti.

I was born on June 8, 1982 in Brussels, Belgium.

My mum, Belgian, and my dad, of Italian origins,

are both musicians as a hobby.

With my brother and sister we used to organize

" family concerts " at home, so many wonderful memories ...

When I was 6 years old, my parents enrolled me in

pre-solfège at the Brussels' Academy of Music

and the Da Capo Children's Choir .

When people asked me what I wanted do when I grew up

I always answered: "the professional singer" .

It has always been obvious for me ...

From my 11th birthday I started to take singing lessons at the academy of music with

my first teacher, Claudine Arnaud, who also introduced me to the basics of

breathing and sophrology .

I also took piano and theater lessons .

At 16, I reached very high notes, and my teacher arranged for my voice to be recorded

in an "endoscopic" version for clinical studies.

This is the time of my first concerts and recitals at the Academy of Music

and at school events; at the same time I was also singing and playing piano in church.

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Laurence Lo Presti - Voices of Europe 2.

"Voices of Europe 2000"

was a very important event in my musical journey.

as I was one of the 10 young Belgians selected for an

international tour in 8 European countries.

Between 2000 and 2011, under the stage name of Lauryn Gaet,

I have more than 200 concerts to my credit, in 11 different countries.

I sing both as a soloist and as a second voices or in choirs

for other artists.

I have a vast repertoire of styles that evolve over the course of my

collaborations (opera, French, English and Italian songs, techno,

trance, symphonic metal, movie music, rap, jazz & piano bar).

Moreover, 5 Belgian, French and Swiss artists invited me to sing

on their albums.

I won 8 competition prizes and sung in different choirs.  

I also did television and radio presenter.

 

A journey full of beautiful encounters and wonderful memories ...

In 2011 I graduated as a Nature-Guide (CNB - Belgium) and the theme of nature - which was already very important to me - will become even more important.
From that moment on, I orient my singing and my texts towards nature, its beauty and its preservation.
The film "Home" by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, released around this period, inspires me the vocals and the text of "Dying world".  (Music Factor23 - Production Holophonix).  A video clip is shot in London.

In 2012, I became songwriter-composer at the "Sabam"

with my project "Natagonya" and the album "Oceans die".

Some titles from the album:
Laurence Lo Presti - Natagonya - Oceans
Sunrise - Natagonya
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Oceans die - Natagonya
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The old oak - Natagonya
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From 2012 to 2017, I focused on types of arts.

I have participated in painting exhibitions (pastel artists from Belgium),

and obtained my degrees as MUAH (make-up artist and hairstylist) and Relooking at De schoonheidsshool Antwerp.

Exposition La Carte de Visite Bruxelles
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