Artist Info: Elena Ledda

Elena Ledda is a well established Sardinian singer. She was born in Selargius, near Cagliari, in 1959 and 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. [read more...]