Leila Adu's Page

Name:

Leila Adu

Bio:

London-born with a heritage both European and Ghanaian, Leila was brought up in New Zealand. She has appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and produced two acclaimed albums, which led to national tours in Australia, Indonesia, U.K. and Russia.

Since returning to Europe in 2006, Leila performed both solo with piano and with her live band at various venues, as well as recordings from The Orchestra Pit and live studio sessions and interviews on BBC World Service and Resonance fm.

Leila has performed her original songs and improvisations at improv, jazz festvials and rock venues with international artists such as John Edwards, Steve Noble, Mike Cooper, Steve Beresford, Jeff Henderson, Jim Denley, Richard Nunns, Fabrizio Spera, David Long, Jack Body, Alison Isadora, Jan-Bas Bollen, Audrey Chen, Lissa Meridan, Lol Coxhill and Leo Tadagawa. Performers on Leila’s albums have included Tom Callwood, Chris O’Connor, David Long (also Producer of Cherry Pie), Jeffrey Henderson, Chris Palmer, Francesca Mountfort, Lucien Johnson, Nick Van Dijk & Ricky Gooch.

She has performed and composed for dance, theatre, film, gamelan and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She completed post-graduate studies in 2003 at Victoria University of Wellington, majoring in composition and specialising in Electro-acoustic Music, Ethnomusicology and Orchestration.

Website:

www.leilaadu.com

Info For Stalkers - Email, IM, Skype and Whatnot:

info@leilaadu.com

J-O-B:

Singer Pianist Composer

Recordings:

Dig A Hole
Cherry Pie
Truth In the Abstract Blues
Dark Joan

Who Are What You Eat:

Carnivore

Orientation

Terrible sense of direction, good with maps

Band Label:

Frizz Records, Tracce/Rai Trade