Photograph Philippe Boffa
| "Born of a Flemish mother and a French father, who is a double bass player at the Lille National Orchestra, Florence LEON bathed in the world of classical music from an early age, and started studying piano at the age of 7. She was registered for the International School in Lille and spent a part of this time studying in France, England, US, and Belgium. After studying graphic arts, photography and piano, she founded the group “Soul city” which counted among its members Didier Cresson (the bass player for DEEP FOREST), and Jérémy Jouniaux (Lara FABIAN’s pianist), and together they played a repertoire drawing mainly on black American music from the 70s. Meanwhile, she met Dan LIEFOOGHE, composer and founder of the group VIEWS OF TAO. They worked together on a few songs, but at the age of 22, Florence decided to devote herself entirely to the study of piano and opera singing. After graduating from the conservatoire, and having spent three years singing operette, she went to Brussels to continue her studies at the Conservatoire Royal Supérieur in Brussels. She was then hired by the Théâtre de la Monnaie (De Munt), collaborating in particular with the director Robert WILSON on a production of Verdi’s Aïda. At this point she met up with Dan LIEFOOGHE, and they decided to work together once again. This allowed Florence to apply her songwriting talents, which she had been developing over several years, to the musical compositions of VIEWS OF TAO. It was also the occasion to combine her various interests in photography, graphic design, singing, writing and drama. Also sharing at the same time her passion for music by teaching piano and singing in Paris and London. She's now working on a new solo project, singing in french. |
