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Dillon, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
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DOMINIQUE DILLON de BYINGTON plays plaintive piano pop for the autumn season.
The Brazilian-born, Berlin-based, artist casts a demure presence as she slips out from behind a black curtain to sit at a single grand piano at the centre of the stage.
Uttering the odd quiet “thank you” in-between her bleak ballads, Dillon has a mournful beauty to her voice that is spellbinding to listen to.
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