Leila Milki is a Lebanese-American singer, songwriter, and neoclassical-pop pianist based in LA. She draws from her multicultural roots to create lush, unfurling soundscapes around her soulful, ethereal stylings, honoring the delicate beauty we find in interwoven worlds. Her Arabic/English fusions have earned her placements in Disney Junior’s Emmy-nominated series “The Rocketeer” (“Enjoy Your Meal”), the Qatar FIFA World Cup (“The World Can Be Ours”), the International John Lennon Songwriting Contest (“Leil Ya Leil”), and Arab America’s “30 under 30” awards. Meanwhile, her instrumental collection of solo-piano improvisation records has garnered over 12 million streams, landing major editorial playlists and encouraging a deeper sense of flow in her listeners.
As a first-generation daughter of immigrants who instilled in her the warmth, resilience, and poetry of her heritage, Leila is especially passionate about working in creative community with the Arab diaspora. She regularly collaborates with Palestinian-Chilean sensation Elyanna (arranging piano accompaniments for her stripped down ballads), and most recently, she shared the stage with Saint Levant at the Coachella festival (harmonizing with him in three languages as his backing vocalist).
Now years in the making, her new artist project is a personal renaissance — a cinematic invitation to grasp the glimmers of freedom beyond our daydreams; “a window to another life” where vulnerability and strength, longing and rootedness, loss and ever-presence exist all at once.
“Leila Milki (...) a ce talent incroyable qui fait que l’on ne peut rien lui refuser. Une voix à faire tomber par terre, une sensibilité unique dans l’interprétation, et une douceur incomparable.
- translation - Leila Milki (...) has an incredible talent that makes her impossible to refuse. A voice that can make you fall to the floor, a unique sensitivity in interpretation, and an incomparable softness.”
“Leila Milki (...) embraces the image of a powerful female middle-eastern performer who sings, writes, plays, and produces her work. To her, each of these elements is intricately intertwined, and she hopes to encourage others to harness their unique experiences through their own forms of cathartic expression.”
