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Biography
Khary "K. F. Jacques" Laurent is a classical singer and hip hop producer. He has been featured on the Rosie Show (Oprah Winfrey Network), various Polish Television and radio networks, and has toured the US, Poland, and several other countries!
Currently Mr. Laurent is the head composer and playing the role of FIGARO in The Rosina Project which is the “hip hopera version of The Barber of Seville” with a cast of talented rappers, dancers, a beatboxer, dj, and singers. The Rosina Project was included in The Pivot Arts Festival two years in a row, featured on ABC 7 News, Chicago SunTimes, and The Chicago Tribune, and also received a grant for a citywide summer tour of Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks. It’s most recent theater performance sold out The Newport Theater in Lakeview, and will return to the stage in the Summer of 2021. His latest composition, "Corsair", was a hip hop opera film commissioned by Chicago Fringe Opera for The Decameron Opera Coalition's "Tales From A Safe Distance". It debuted to rave reviews in October 2020 and was awarded Best New Local Opera Production of 2020 in The Chicago Reader.
Mr. Laurent was born and raised in Chicago Illinois. He holds a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
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