
Elena Ledda
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Elena Ledda
(Selargius, 1959) is a Sardinian singer.
Born near Cagliari,
she pursued conservatory studies in oboe and voice.
Ledda has a dramatic soprano voice suitable for opera,
which she originally performed as an artist,
but was attracted by the folk singing of her native Sardinia
and has chosen a career primarily in that genre of music.
She worked with the Cooperativa Teatro di Sardegna in the late 1970s.
She has toured and recorded widely at the international level.
She was chosen by Sardinia's top movie director,
Gianfranco Cabiddu, to be the leading voice for his renowned
live music/cinematic mix project, Sonos de Memoria,
featuring old film footage of Sardinia from the 1930s and today's
leading musicians from the island playing over the film.
Sonos has toured the world, with other well known
Sardinian musicians, such as Paolo Fresu.
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