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Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer
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Summary

Lisa Gerrard was born on April 12, 1961[1], in Melbourne[2]. She has worked as a singer[3], composer[4], film score composer[5], vocalist[6], and recording artist[7]. She ranks in the top 0.66% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,063 views/month, #6,558 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Australia[9]
  • Occupation: musician[10]
  • Field of work: performing arts[11]
  • Educated at: Brinsley Road Community School[12]
  • Member of: Dead Can Dance[13]
  • Sex or gender: female[14]
  • Genre: ethereal wave[15], world music[16], dark wave[17]
  • Record label: 4AD[18], Warner Bros. Records[19]
  • Discography: Lisa Gerrard discography[20]
  • Commons category: Lisa Gerrard[21]
  • Voice type: contralto[22]
  • Family name: Gerrard[23]
  • Given name: Lisa[24]
  • Location of formation: Melbourne[25]
  • Official website: http://www.lisagerrard.com[26]
  • Instrument: accordion[27], guitar[28], voice[29]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[30]
  • Name in native language: Lisa Gerrard[31]
  • Start of work period: 1981[32]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[33]

  • Country: AU[34]

  • Began / founded: 1961-04-12[35]

  • Genre(s): ambient, classical, new age[36]

  • Community tags: ambient, classic pop and rock, classical, ethereal, new age, singer, soundtrack[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cd645207-1664-46af-9953-264e9ae54089[38]

Why It Matters

Lisa Gerrard has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] She is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

Where was Lisa Gerrard born?

Lisa Gerrard was born in Melbourne[2].

What did Lisa Gerrard do for work?

Lisa Gerrard worked as a singer[3], composer[4], film score composer[5], vocalist[6], and recording artist[7].

Where did Lisa Gerrard go to school?

Lisa Gerrard was educated at Brinsley Road Community School[12].

Related Entities

4AD Ali Australia Dead Can Dance Gladiator Man on Fire Melbourne The Insider

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person id → lisa-gerrard
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: lisa-gerrard, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 30167
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  3. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F160-407B-27F6-FF09-8600
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  4. 12w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14419 → 8833
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  5. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → p0092787-Gerrard-Lisa-1961
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  6. 20w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer, composer, film score composer +3
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Occupation: composer, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P106]]"
  7. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Lisa
    Field of work → performing arts
    Image last checked license → —
    Instance of → human
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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