Layale Chaker
Raised on the verge of several musical streams since her childhood, Layale Chaker debuted her musical training at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut in her native Lebanon. She later pursued her musical studies at Conservatoire de Paris and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Layale has appeared as a soloist, performer, improviser and composer in concerts, recitals and projects around Europe, the Middle-East, North and South America and Asia, performing in Germany, France, Greece, Italy, the UK, the US, Canada, Switzerland, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Indonesia and Argentina, as well as in several festivals, namely Alderburgh Festival, Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival...
She regularly tours with her founding ensemble Sarafand, and is a member of Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan. As a performer-composer, has been commissioned by New World Symphony, Bayreuther Philharmoniker, Holland Baroque...