Lior is one of Australia’s most treasured singer songwriters renowned for his beautiful voice and songs that radiate truth and sincerity. He burst on to the Australian music scene in 2005 with his debut album - ‘Autumn Flow’ - which has become one of the most successful independent debut releases in Australian music history. That year Lior earned 3 ARIA nominations including ‘Best Male Artist’ as well as Triple J’s ‘J Award’ nomination for ‘Australian Album of the Year’. He has subsequently released five more albums whilst remaining a completely independent artist. He has earned a total of 7 ARIA nominations and is a 2-time ARIA award-winner. 

He has toured extensively both in Australia and internationally. He has been a regular performer at arts festivals and WOMAD festivals internationally, including an entire season at the Edinburgh Festival.  

He has written songs for film and television and is a recipient of an APRA Award for ‘Best Original Song Composed for Screen’. 

Lior’s hunger for new challenges has led to collaborations on various classical crossover works and theatre projects. In 2016, he completed his first theatre score with "The Wider Earth"- a play tracing the personal voyage of Charles Darwin. Premiering at the Queensland Theatre Company it was the first ever play to perform an entire season at the London Natural History Museum. Lior received the Matilda Award for ‘Best Original Theatre Score’ at the Queensland Theatre Awards that year. 

In 2014 Lior collaborated with Nigel Westlake on ‘Compassion’, a symphonic song cycle for voice and orchestra set to ancient texts in both Hebrew and Arabic centred around the wisdom of compassion.  ‘Compassion’ has been performed with major Australian symphony state orchestras.  The recording won the 2014 ARIA for ‘Best Classical Album’.  In 2016 Lior premiered ‘Compassion’ with the Austin Symphony Orchestra (USA) and subsequently won the 2016 Austin Table Critics’ Award for ‘Best Symphonic Performance’. 

In 2019, Lior toured internationally as the featured vocalist for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Luminous’ concert series. Lior was recently awarded the prestigious Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship for displaying outstanding excellence and courage in music. 

Lior will join Camerata as a special guest for Camerata, Lou Bennett & Lior: Ngapa William Cooper, 7 & 12 September 2024.