- Maya Lavelle (born June 2, 1992) is a singer-songwriter and composer living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As a classically trained composer, she won prizes such as for 'Best Piece' in the Young Composers Meeting competition in Netherlands. She was chosen to represent Netherlands for the Berlin International Film Festival in the Berlinale Talent Campus as a Film Composer. She also graduated with a Masters degree in Composition from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Maya composed several music for film and ads. She released her debut pop single "This Ain't The End" in March 2016 which premiered on the film "The Rift" starring actors from "The Wolf of Wall Street", "Dawn of the Dead" and "RocknRolla". She describes the song as "electronic pop clashing with powerful brooding symphonies, best enjoyed with some bourbon"! Several blog reported that this song would play on The Walking Dead season 6 finale but she denied these rumors.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Oscar Cassis - Maya Lavelle, singer-songwriter and producer, has a background in contemporary music, winning several awards, she has always been inclined towards experimentation and providing musical elements that are challenging, exciting and original. Maya produces her own samples to enrich arrangement, not imprisoned by standards and trends in music she composes and produces cinematic arrangements permeated with electronic and classical music styles. Describing this Maya says: "My music, just like my identity, wanders freely without ever needing to identify with one particular style".
Having been featured on BBC introducing, Maya has also achieved placements with Spotify's discover weekly and release radar and over 500k views on This Ain't The End on her own YouTube channel. Her single Ben reached number 1 in the Netherlands iTunes charts and peaked at number 77 in the UK.
House on a Rocky Road is taken off of her forthcoming album, the album is inspired by experiences from living in Amsterdam, LA and London and the process took just over 5 years from concept to completion because of creating very rich arrangements in perfect counterpoint to convey the journey of quirky places and edgy characters whom you will find throughout the album. Speaking on the release Maya Lavelle says House on a Rocky Road is a song that represents the Universe where I can meet with all my monsters. Most of them are lovely, but misunderstood creatures.- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Miles
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