Pianist Elise Lebec (aka Tabitha Lebec) was born and raised in San Diego, CA, where, as a child, she was attracted to the music of such new age artists as George Winston, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, and Andreas Vollenweider, and took up the piano at age four. She began to learn classical pieces, but also took an interest in pop and rock in high school. She moved to New Zealand, where she lived for two years, and then to Sydney, Australia, where she came in contact with the painter Charles Billich, leading to the release of her first album, Tabitha Plays Billich, the CD booklet fe...