Haunting and sophisticated, Vancouver native Alicia Hansen’s “ethereal voice and classically informed arrangements come together in experimental pop that’s both listenable and challenging”- NOW Magazine.
A singer-songwriter with a richly diverse background of classical and jazz training, Hansen has been honing her keyboard and vocal skills since early childhood. As a teenager, she earned Royal Conservatory diplomas in both piano and voice, later completed a degree in jazz piano and mentored under the late Bob Murphy, known as “one of Canada’s best jazz pianists” (Globe & Mail). She has toured internationally as a professional choral singer, composed music for theatre, film, and multi-disciplinary work, including the The Public Swoon’s “Mermaid Spring”, Western Front’s “Music for a New Wilderness,” and a commissioned vibraphone solo for acclaimed percussionist Sal Ferreras. She has performed with many of Canada’s top-tier musicians and opened for the Grammy-award-winning jazz pianist Hiromi at Vogue Theatre in Vancouver. She has recorded five full-length albums of original material, including Before You (Nov 2018), produced by Juno-award and Polaris-prize-winning producer Jesse Zubot. Her new album Erudite Epiphyte, produced by Jaron Freeman Fox, will be released in the Spring of 2023.
“An exceptional player and composer, singer Alicia Hansen is that rare talent who really doesn’t do the same thing twice. On her third album, Before You, she’s at her most orchestral and fleshed-out…. This material is so good you can imagine it being interpreted by others.“ – Stuart Derdeyn, The Province.