Laila Biali

Multi-award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and broadcaster Laila Biali has headlined venues spanning 5 continents from New York City's Carnegie Hall to Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. She received JUNO Award nominations (Canada’s GRAMMY) for her albums Tracing Light (2011), Out of Dust (2020) and Your Requests (2023). In 2019, Biali’s eponymous release won the JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. In 2018, she was awarded top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition and, 2 years later, the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. Biali was also the youngest-ever double winner at Canada’s National Jazz Awards, named SOCAN Composer and Keyboardist of the Year. Since 2017, she has hosted CBC Music's national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz. Her signature genre-bending sound "masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy" (Washington Post).