(Photo Credit Anna Rakhvalova) A violinist. A composer. A polyglot whose musical world combines classical contemporary music with jazz, Arabic music, and improvisation. This is Layale Chaker, whose blossoming career, which has seen her work performed by such organizations as the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival, is set to take another step when her {…}
The Spoleto Festival USA has announced its 2024 season. The company will present the world premiere of Spoleto’s full-length original chamber opera, “Ruinous Gods.” Composed by Layale Chaker with a libretto by Lisa Schlesinger, the new work will examine the traumatic impact of displacement on refugees. The performances will take place at the College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre. Performance Dates: {…}
The Spoleto Festival has announced its commission of Layale Chaker and Lisa Schlesinger’s new opera “Ruinous Gods” which will make its world premiere at the 2024 festival. The new full-length chamber opera explores forced migration and “how mass displacement triggers profound psychological trauma amongst its youngest sufferers.” Included are real testimonies from survivors and families of those afflicted by uppgivenhetssyndrom {…}