Fini Bearman
singer-songwriter, artist & mentor
‘This is an exceptional, unforgettable and profoundly beautiful collection of songs’
‘Adventurous, beautiful music with great musicianship and improvisation.’
Jazzwise (Editors Choice, ****)
Jamie Callum (BBC Radio 2)
'The beauty of Bearman’s vocals, her
heartfelt delivery, and some truly
gorgeous melodies ensure that
even hopelessness feels strangely uplifting.'
allaboutjazz.com
BIG News!
My 5th studio album - Last Night of the World - came out on Pastiche Records mid 2025 & you can order your copy via Bandcamp, here or you can check it out on streaming platforms, here.
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‘…La Loba marks Bearman out as one of contemporary music’s most imaginative song stylists…’
4**** Editors Choice
Peter Quinn (Jazzwise Magazine)
Fini’s music has regular radio play including BBC 2,3,4, JazzFM, Hoxton Radio, and live performances on 'In Spirit' with Jumoke Fashola (BBC London), 'In Tune' on BBC 3, BBC 2 with Aled Jones, BBC Kent, Resonance FM, Jazz Radio Berlin and BR-Klassik (Germany). Fini has performed with world class musicians, notably Bobby McFerrin (VOCABularies album launch, London Jazz Festival), Kenny Wheeler (recording the album Mirrors Suite, Edition Records), Guillermo Klein, Jon Hendricks, Kenny Werner…
Fini Bearman is a London-based singer, songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist. Her music melds diverse influences from jazz, folk and contemporary songs into an 'arresting and uniquely personal' sound. Working both with and without words, incorporating her love of improvised music, Fini’s voice ‘effortlessly moves between a light precision and warm soulfulness is unmistakably her own’.
Fini’s fifth studio album, ‘Last Night of The World’ was released on Pastiche Records, Spring 2025, and features a veritable feast of musical brilliance; Tom Cawley, Robin Mullarkey, James Maddren, Matt Calvert, Al Cherry, together with guests Alice Zawadzki, Josia Jagodzinska, Gareth Lockrane, George Crowley & Gwilym Simcock.
Over the past years Fini has worked as both soloist and collaborator/side-woman, touring festivals & venues including Ronnie Scotts, The Sage Gateshead, Kings Place, The Barbican, The A-Trane (Berlin), Cafe Mercedes Jazz (Valencia), Manzioli (Izola, Slovenia) and even New York venue Dizzys (Jazz at the Lincoln Center). Festival highlights include the London Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Cambridge Jazz Festival, 'Jazz Voices' in Lithuania and ’Voicingers' in Poland. Fini has been supported by the Arts Council & Musicians Benevolent Fund and has been nominated for awards including Best Jazz Vocal Album (Deutsche Jazzpreis 2023) & London Jazz Singer of the Year (Global Music Foundation).
Fini studied jazz and classical voice at the Guildhall School before going on to complete a Masters in performance and composition from the Jazz Institute Berlin, where she studied composition with US guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel, and jazz voice with US vocalist and improvisor Judy Niemack.
'...Catchy melodies, strong harmonic structures and poetic lyricism... She's a true jazz artist'
LondonJazzNews
She has delivered masterclasses, workshops and 1:1 tuition at various institutions, including The Guildhall School, Trinity Laban, Goldsmiths University, Leeds Conservatoire, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Institute of Contemporary Music and Performance, Falmouth University Summer School and Berklee College of Music (Valencia).
