Elisabeth Kontomanou (born 30 November 1961) is a French jazz singer and composer who has lived in America and Sweden.
[1] In 1986, she founded the quartet Conversation, which won the La Défense Jazz Festival competition.
In 1986, she was hired by Michel Legrand for the movie Moon Mask while the pianist Alain Jean-Marie organized her tour of the Antilles.
Ten years later, she moved to Paris, where she composed the song "Waiting for Spring" and the album Back to My Groove.
[4] Kontomanou has worked with Michel Legrand, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Alain Jean-Marie, Jean-Michel Pilc, Daryl Hall, Franck Amsallem, Toots Thielemans, Richard Bona, Stéphane Belmondo, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Leon Parker, and Geri Allen.