Monique diMattina

Monique diMattina is an Australian jazz pianist, singer and composer. diMattina composes and performs in a range of genres encompassing jazz roots, country, blues, classical and other contemporary styles. Personal life and education diMattina grew up in Melbourne, Australia, from Italian and English convict heritage. She studied law at the University of Melbourne before taking up jazz piano and composition at Victorian College of the Arts, focussing her masters thesis on pianist Wynton Kelly. diMattina lives in Melbourne with her two daughters. She teaches at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Monash University. Career In 2000, following Queens Trust and Fulbright postgraduate awards, In 2000, diMattina orchestrated Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark starring Björk. In 2009 diMattina released her first solo piano album, Senses, followed by Welcome Stranger, in which she sings and plays piano. The album mostly contains original songs, with a cover of Paul Kelly’s “Dumb Things” in a New Orleans style. In 2011 diMattina released her second solo piano album Sun signs, designed around the twelve signs of the zodiac. During this period she performed a regular segment called “Shak