Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl
The jazz singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer unveils plans for a feature film of her performance on the Hollywood Bowl stage.
The 25-year-old GRAMMY-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey writes songs inspired by jazz greats and classical masters while possessing a point of view that could only be conveyed by a 21st-century twentysomething.
The romantic and trailblazing approach has captured audiences worldwide, growing a global community of “Lauvers” and selling out every tour date the “Gen Z It Girl” (The New York Times) has put on sale.
Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl was filmed in Laufey’s adopted hometown of Los Angeles in August 2024. Directed by Sam Wrench (Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour), Laufey takes the audience on a spellbinding sonic journey under the stars, performing alongside the legendary Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Thomas Wilkins.
Playing the iconic venue that Ella Fitzgerald and so many of Laufey’s heroes played before her, the film gives a behind-the-scenes look at the monumental show. As Variety sums up, “Laufey feels like she was born to play the Hollywood Bowl.”
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