Leila Milki

Leila Milki is a Lebanese-American singer, songwriter, and classical-pop pianist based in LA. She strives to translate her artistry into a healing platform for emotional and multicultural empowerment, while elevating visibility for fellow first-generation daughters of the Arab diaspora. Her Arabic/English fusion work has earned her a Grand Prize and Lennon Award in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, along with a feature in Disney’s Emmy-nominated series “The Rocketeer” (with her song “Enjoy Your Meal,” a festive tribute to Lebanese cuisine and Arab women across generations). 
Today, Leila is passionate about showcasing vulnerability as strength, and finding beauty in the complex spaces between: her single “Fall Asleep” explores the dual-identity limbo that intensifies her experience of femininity within structures of shame, repression, and peace-keeping. And her new solo-piano record “Moonlight Improvisations” welcomes the coexistence of solitude and mindfulness, loss and renewal.