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== Music career == == Music career ==
She was born in ] and moved to ] at the age of 6.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MusicalAmerica - Composer/Violinist Layale Chaker Spring Highlights – WP of Ruinous Gods at Spoleto, Two New Albums on In a Circle |url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=56110&categoryid=5&archived=0 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.musicalamerica.com}}</ref> In 2005, Chaker began her musical studies at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut. She later studied at the Conservatoire Regional de Paris beginning in 2010 and the ] in ] starting in 2017 with professors including Mohamed Hashem, Carmen Scripcariu, Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Layale Chaker & Sarafand - WOMEX |url=https://www.womex.com/virtual/latitude_45_arts/layale_chaker |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.womex.com}}</ref> She currently performs with the ] under ]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-01 |title=A Violinist Questions the Musical Divide Between West and East (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/arts/music/layale-chaker-inner-rhyme.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230328155032/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/arts/music/layale-chaker-inner-rhyme.html |archive-date=2023-03-28 |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en}}</ref> She was born in ] and moved to ] at the age of 6.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=MusicalAmerica - Composer/Violinist Layale Chaker Spring Highlights – WP of Ruinous Gods at Spoleto, Two New Albums on In a Circle |url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=56110&categoryid=5&archived=0 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.musicalamerica.com}}</ref> In 2005, Chaker began her musical studies at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut. She later studied at the Conservatoire Regional de Paris beginning in 2010 and the ] in ] starting in 2017 with professors including Mohamed Hashem, Carmen Scripcariu, Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Layale Chaker & Sarafand - WOMEX |url=https://www.womex.com/virtual/latitude_45_arts/layale_chaker |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.womex.com}}</ref> She currently performs with the ] under ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-01 |title=A Violinist Questions the Musical Divide Between West and East (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/arts/music/layale-chaker-inner-rhyme.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230328155032/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/arts/music/layale-chaker-inner-rhyme.html |archive-date=2023-03-28 |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en}}</ref>


Chaker has performed at a variety of festivals and concert halls. Festival highlights include ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Biennale Musica 2024 {{!}} Layale Chaker |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/music/2024/music-performances/layale-chaker |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=La Biennale di Venezia |language=en}}</ref> ]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=cgrinstead@postandcourier.com |first=Chelsea Grinstead |date=2024-05-25 |title=Explore the space between different musical genres with this Arabic jazz act at Spoleto |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/spoleto/layale-chaker-sarafand-jazz-spoleto-festival-charleston/article_f07e8a60-1874-11ef-a452-ab9ef87bf88d.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}}</ref> ] ] ] Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival for Contemporary Music, Impuls’ Festival, Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival. She has performed at concert halls such as ] ], ], Stone, ], ] ] and ]<ref name=":1" /> Chaker has performed at a variety of festivals and concert halls. Festival highlights include ],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Biennale Musica 2024 {{!}} Layale Chaker |url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/music/2024/music-performances/layale-chaker |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=La Biennale di Venezia |language=en}}</ref> ]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=cgrinstead@postandcourier.com |first=Chelsea Grinstead |date=2024-05-25 |title=Explore the space between different musical genres with this Arabic jazz act at Spoleto |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/spoleto/layale-chaker-sarafand-jazz-spoleto-festival-charleston/article_f07e8a60-1874-11ef-a452-ab9ef87bf88d.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}}</ref> ], ] ] Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival for Contemporary Music, Impuls’ Festival, Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival. She has performed at concert halls such as ] ], ], Stone, ], ] ] and ].<ref name=":1" />


Her debut album, ''Inner Rhyme'', with her chamber jazz ensemble Sarafand, was released on ] in 2019, incorporating Arabic poetic meters.<ref name=":0" /> The album ranked #2 on ] 10 Best Releases and #1 on the World Charts of ] and ] for several weeks. Additionally, the album received the AFAC 2018 fund and a "Top of The World" distinction from Songlines with a 5-star review.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Layale Chaker and Sarafand |url=https://www.nhpr.org/community-calendar/event/layale-chaker-and-sarafand-17-07-2023-17-53-35 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> Her debut album, ''Inner Rhyme'', with her chamber jazz ensemble Sarafand, was released on ] in 2019, incorporating Arabic poetic meters.<ref name=":0" /> The album ranked #2 on ] 10 Best Releases and #1 on the World Charts of ] and ] for several weeks. Additionally, the album received the AFAC 2018 fund and a "Top of The World" distinction from Songlines with a 5-star review.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Layale Chaker and Sarafand |url=https://www.nhpr.org/community-calendar/event/layale-chaker-and-sarafand-17-07-2023-17-53-35 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>

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Layale Chaker is a violinist and composer whose music integrates elements of classical contemporary, jazz, Arabic music and improvisation.

Music career

She was born in Paris and moved to Lebanon at the age of 6. In 2005, Chaker began her musical studies at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut. She later studied at the Conservatoire Regional de Paris beginning in 2010 and the Royal Academy of Music in London starting in 2017 with professors including Mohamed Hashem, Carmen Scripcariu, Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller. She currently performs with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim.

Chaker has performed at a variety of festivals and concert halls. Festival highlights include La Biennale di Venezia, Spoleto Festival, London Jazz Festival, Alderburgh Festival, Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck, Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival for Contemporary Music, Impuls’ Festival, Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival. She has performed at concert halls such as Berlin Philharmonie, Abbaye de Royaumont, Hancher Auditorium, Stone, National Sawdust, Banff Centre, Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall.

Her debut album, Inner Rhyme, with her chamber jazz ensemble Sarafand, was released on Circle Records in 2019, incorporating Arabic poetic meters. The album ranked #2 on NPR's 10 Best Releases and #1 on the World Charts of iTunes and Amazon Music for several weeks. Additionally, the album received the AFAC 2018 fund and a "Top of The World" distinction from Songlines with a 5-star review.

On May 17, 2024, she released two albums, Vigil and Radio Afloat recorded on Circle Records. Vigil features new-music string quartet, ETHEL, with piece contributions by each quartet member and two piece contributions by Chaker. Her album Radio Afloat, with Sarafand takes inspiration from the Arabic poem, “The Trace of Blue Passion” by Lebanese poet Ounsi El Hage, and portrays a radio floating at sea, attempting to get back to its rightful place on land. Radio Afloat explores the connection between people and the natural world.

Compositions

  • “Dawning” (2023)
  • “Ruinous Gods, Seven Suites for Sleeping Children” (2024)
  • "Matrescence” (2023)
  • “In the Presence of Absence: In Memoriam Edward Said” (2022)
  • “Anatomy of Titus: Fall of Rome” (2022)
  • “The Bow and the Reed” (2022)
  • “Before Bloom” (2021)
  • “Bond of the Beloved" (2020)
  • “Ghalia's Miles” (2019)
  • “Mouhawala Oula” (2019)
  • “Sinekeman” (2019)
  • "Two Coasts: Past and Recent Streams” (2019)
  • "The Brown Texts"”(2018)
  • “Moonchild: Songs from the Hinder Sea” (2018)
  • "Mkhammas” (2018)
  • "Confused Cherry Tree” (2018)
  • “Borderland” (2018)
  • “Hints on Memory, poem for violin and string orchestra” (2017)
  • “Tied to your name by Water” (2017)

Awards and recognition

  • 2022: Opera America Discovery Award
  • 2020-2022: Jerome Hill Fellow
  • 2020: Inaugural Silkroad Seeds Award
  • 2019: Laureate of the Concours international de Chant-Piano Nadia et Lili Boulanger
  • 2019: Rolex mentor and Protege Prize finalist
  • 2018: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Grant
  • 2019 Diaphonique Franco-British Commission Prize
  • 2018: Royal Academy of Music Guinness Award
  • 2017: Ruth Anderson Competition

Personal life

Chaker currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is studying at Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris for her doctoral degree.

References

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