Laura Abela, known professionally as L'Aura, born August 13, 1984, in Brescia, Italy, is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, and violinist. After spending two years in Berkeley, California, L'Aura returned to Italy to record her debut studio album, Okumuki, released in 2005 featuring songs in Italian and English. In 2006, L'Aura competed in the Sanremo Music Festival in the Newcomers category with the single “Irraggiungibile”, helping Okumuki achieve gold certification. Her second studio album, Demian, was released in June 2007, producing singles “Non è una favola” and “È per te”, a duet with Max Zanotti. In 2008, L'Aura competed in the Sanremo Music Festival Big Artists category with “Basta!”, released on her self-titled compilation album L'Aura. L'Aura released the EP Sei come me in 2010, featuring “Eclissi del cuore”, later re-released in 2011 as a duet with Nek alongside the single “Gira l'estate”. L'Aura wrote the song “Lo sapevi prima tu” for Laura Pausini's 2015 album Simili, and released the single “I'm an Alcoholic” in May 2017 ahead of her third studio album, Il contrario dell'amore, released in September 2017.
