Julia Boman is a singer/songwriter from Estonia, currently based in France. She has won several prizes in music competitions in Estonia, among which the second prize in the national TV competition “Kaks Takti Ette 2003″ performing her own composition « Share the Moon ».
In 2004 she released a CD of original music called « VAGABOND », for which she was nominated for Tartu Culture Awards 2004. The CD features Estonian jazz musicians Sven Kullerkupp, Tanel Ruben, and Raul Vaigla. She performed in the Estonian jazz festival « JazzKaar », festival « Saaremaa Valss », and in various clubs around the country, and made several appearances on TV and radio.
Since 2006, Julia has been living in France, studying vocal jazz at Conservatoire de Strasbourg. She has formed a band with Rick Hannah, (guitar, USA), Erwin Siffer (piano, France), Anne List (double bass, France) and Raphael Sonnetag (drums, France) performing original music and arrangements of jazz standards. In 2010, Julia Boman Band has been selected to the finals of the vocal jazz competition Crest Jazz Vocal.
In 2011, Julia Boman released her second album called « MY FAVOURITE THINGS ». The album offers an intimate interpretation of selected jazz standards (« Angel Eyes », « My Favourite Things », « Indian Summer ») and the singer’s own compositions in English and Russian (« Ty so mnoj », « Every Now and Then » and « Letnij Bljuz »).
