Laurin Talese has been captivating audiences with her pure tone and poignant lyrics since childhood. A Cleveland, Ohio native, Laurin was classically trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and later studied classical and jazz voice at the University of the Arts where she received a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance. Her debut album, Gorgeous Chaos, released in 2016, features a stellar lineup of musicians and was met with wide acclaim.
Ms. Talese's talents have allowed her to travel around the globe, performing in a host of internationally renowned venues including the Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in 2018 when Laurin won the seventh annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.
Laurin Talese is proud to represent the United States as a cultural ambassador with American Music Abroad - an initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and implemented by the Association of American Voices. Following in the footsteps of former Ambassadors Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and Dave Brubeck, Laurin Talese performs for international audiences and leads educational workshops to bring jazz to new populations. In 2021, Ms. Talese made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut performing repertoire including her original composition, “This Love” conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Laurin has enjoyed serving her local community as Vice President and board Governor of the Recording Academy’s Philadelphia Chapter, and Vice Chair of Jazz Philadelphia. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Voice at her alma mater, the University of the Arts. In 2022, Laurin premiered her newest work, Museum Of Living Stories, commissioned by Chamber Music America. 2023 would see Ms. Talese make her theatrical debut starring as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grille directed by Jeffrey L. Page at Philadelphia Theater Company.