Lara Nakhle

Lara Nakhle is a 27-year-old New Zealand born, Australian of Lebanese origin, who discovered her talent and passion for music at a very young age. She started playing piano from the age of two and singing followed soon after. Lara has an eye condition since birth called Lebers Congenital Amaurosis which means she is totally blind but with some light perception.

Since 2017 when Lara finished top 48 on The Voice Australia (then on Channel 9 and joined team SEAL, Lara has performed at a range of events around Sydney and throughout Australia and internationally with highlights including The Invictus Games in Sydney in 2018, Tamworth Country Music Festival - TSA Talent quest winner in 2019, Featured artist at the National Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony in Canberra on Australia Day in 2021 & BLV performer & AAMI Carols Ambassador at Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne in 2022 & 2023.

Lara has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master’s in Creative Music Therapy & is now a registered music therapist (RMT), She hopes to use her qualifications to help others to achieve their own goals and dreams as she does herself.

Lara has released 4 original tracks including ‘Love Left Behind’(https://smarturl.it/uvh6w5), ‘OK Cupid’ (https://smarturl.it/uvh6w5), ‘Now That I Found My Angels’ (https://gyro.lnk.to/NowThatIFoundMyAngels), and most recently ‘New Day’, an empowering an uplifting song drawn from her own experiences (https://gyro.to/142222NewDay). She has also released several covers, ‘A Safe Place To Land’ (https://gyro.lnk.to/aSafePlaceToLandLaraNakhle) and ‘Perfect’ (https://gyro.lnk.to/Perfect) both sung with friend and blind artist Connor Wink, and her latest ‘If That’s What It Takes’ (https://gyro.to/ifthatswhatittakes). More of Lara’s covers are available on her YouTube channel below.

Lara was also nominated for Blind Australian of the Year 2023 and headed the AAMI DOES campaign across TV and cinema as well as the new voice of ‘Lucky You’re With AAMI’ jingle (Sept 2023 – Feb 2024). Lara was also featured in the Dylan Alcott Foundation’s Shift 20 Initiative campaign in late 2023 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYFn4BjLE4.

In July 2025 Lara completed the Vision Australia Graduate Program where she started the building blocks for a music therapy program for their clients and participants, as well as performing at many events and functions in her spare time. Lara relishes the opportunity to perform, inspire and advocate for people with disability.