Meet Tali Sheppard

Tali is a multi award winning musician, hailing from Aotearoa, New Zealand. 

She is known internationally for her groundbreaking achievements in the Electronic music scene, most notably within Drum & Bass as a vocalist and freestyle MC. 

Tali is sought after for her conscious, positive lyrics, soaring, soulful voice and her ability to connect with her audience, from huge festival crowds to small intimate club shows. 

In her 25 year career, Tali has released eight studio albums, two EPs and countless singles and collaborations. Her LP 'Love & Migration' earned her 'Best Electronic Artist' at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2019.

Tali consistently performs around New Zealand at all major festivals including Rhythm & Vines, Rhythm & Alps, Northern Bass, Shipwrecked, Splore and AUM, and has performed internationally at Festivals such as Fusion Festival (Germany), Glastonbury (UK), EXIT festival (Serbia), Sziget Festival (Budapest), WMC (Miami) Sun & Bass festival (Sardinia), and and most recently Hospitality On The Beach (Croatia), Locus Festival (Bali) and LIquicity Festival (The Netherlands).

Tali is also a classically trained singer and pianist, and as well as working with her own live band, she has performed live with several of New Zealand's most prestigious orchestras including the Auckland Philharmonic, (Synthony In The Domain 2024) The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (Otautahi Proud 2020) and The Wellington Symphony Orchestra. (With Strings Attached 2012).

As well as being a musician, Tali is also a composer for film and television, a music mentor, music consultant, inspirational speaker and published author. 

We are thrilled to have Tali join the teachers at Eliette’s Music Academy teaching our Songwriting, Sing Clubs and Music Production

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