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Natalie Di Luccio

Natalie Di Luccio
Natalie performing at A.R.Rahman's concert in Chennai.jpg
Natalie performing at A.R.Rahman's concert in Chennai, India.
Background information
Born (1989-06-29) 29 June 1989 (age 28)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Origin Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Genres Easy Listening, Operatic Pop, Vocal
Occupation(s) Singer, playback singer
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts A. R. Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Amit Trivedi
Website nataliedi.com

Natalie Di Luccio (born 29 June 1989) is an Italian-Canadian classical-crossover singer from Toronto, Canada. She is often referred to as "Bollywood's Soprano" because of her unique renditions of Indian classics.

Her career began back in 2010 when she released music videos on YouTube of Bollywood film songs, which went viral and caught the attention of Grammy and Oscar Award winning composer A. R. Rahman. Di Luccio was later invited to perform with composer Amit Trivedi as well as on Coke Studio on MTV India. She started her professional career in Bollywood with notable playback singer Sonu Nigam and has been a singer for various feature film soundtracks (English Vinglish, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, Chennai Express). Natalie has also worked with legendary Italian music producer Mauro Malavasi (Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti) in Bologna, Italy.

Natalie Di Luccio was born on 29 June 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, and trained to be a Classical singer. Her father is from Agropoli, Italy and mother from Montreal, Canada. She was a student at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts. She went to McGill University to study Western Classical Voice and pursue a career in music. She states that some of her musical influences growing up were singers like Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion and Josh Groban.


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