Leila Milki

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 a soulful, ethereal voice, 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.

As a first-generation daughter of immigrants who instilled in her the warmth, resilience, and poetry of her heritage, Leila is passionate about working in creative community with the Arab diaspora. She regularly collaborates with Palestinian-Chilean sensation Elyanna on piano, and most recently, she shared the stage with Saint Levant at Coachella (harmonizing with him in three languages). 

Now years in the making, her newest project is 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 coexist. In the meantime, her calming collection of solo-piano improvisations encourages a deeper sense of flow in her listeners, and captures Leila at her most personal: pressing the record button with no pre-composed plan beyond a raw feeling, and inviting her stream-of-consciousness to guide the way.