Victoria Legrand

Victoria Garance Alixe Legrand (born May 28, 1981) is an American musician, best known as the vocalist and keyboardist for the dream pop band Beach House. She is the daughter of a painter and the niece of French composer Michel Legrand.

Life and career

Legrand was born in Paris, France, but was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied drama at Vassar College while also returning to Paris to study acting there at the International Theatre School of Jacques Lecoq. After graduating from Vassar College and becoming "disenchanted with theater school in Paris," she moved back to Philadelphia in 2004. She later met Baltimore-native Alex Scally, and they quickly formed a two-piece band. Legrand often mentions how organically they work together, and how, in Scally, she found her "musical soulmate."

With Scally, Legrand has recorded six studio albums for Beach House in their hometown Baltimore, Maryland, including self-titled debut Beach House, Devotion, Teen Dream, Bloom, Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars.