The 9th edition of the international Music Festival Mediterranean Musical Encounters in Siderno, 6-15 of July guarantees the cello masterclass held by Leila Shirvani who is also director of the Festival.
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Cellist Leila, a pupil of her father Mike Shirvani and Giovanni Sollima, boasts more than 30 first prizes and absolute prizes in national and international competitions and three degrees with top marks between London, Manchester and Rome. She is a Fellow of the London College of Music and was awarded by President Napolitano in 2009 and together with Ennio Morricone and Antonio Pappano by President Mattarella in 2019. From the President of the Republic Mattarella Leila received the Sinopoli Prize, an award reserved each year for the best student of the advanced course of instrumental perfection of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.
Since years Leila is protagonist of numerous concerts, including with orchestra, at the Cappella Paolina del Quirinal broadcast live on Radio 3 in October 2019, at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago and at the Ravenna Festival in 2020.
November 2021 saw the release of Leila Shirvani’s solo album “Cello-Konzerte” recorded with the ONC orchestra and released in Antes Edition by the German record label Bella Musica.
With her pianist sister Sara, Leila founded the chamber music duo “The Shirvani Sisters” which, among other things, performed at the Cappella Paolina del Quirinale on the occasion of the Quirinale Concert for 25 April 2021 broadcast live on television on Rai Play and live on radio on Rai 3. The Duo gave numerous concerts in halls such as those of the Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, the Salone Margherita in Rome, the Palacultura Antonello in Messina, the Apollo Theater in Lecce and many others. On December 15th 2022, in the Sala Verdi of the Milan Conservatory the sisters played the Radio Classica FM Christmas Concert broadcast on Radio Classica FM on the evenings of the 24th and 25th of december.
She is also very active in the field of jazz music, playing on stages such as the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Blue Note and Sala Verdi in Milan, CRR Hall Istanbul with Paolo Fresu and Daniele di Bonaventura. She has recorded the albums “Lumina” (Tuk Music, 2017) and “Clorofilla” (Tuk Music, 2019), produced and conceived by Paolo Fresu.
Since 2022, at just 29 Leila Shirvani is appointed professor at the Conservatory of Monopoli.
Since 2017 she is organizer, curator and cello teacher of the summer masterclasses “Mediterranean Musical Encounters”, which aim to unite people from different cultures through music.