Leila Schayegh

Leila Schayegh is a Swiss violinist who specializes in repertoire from the Baroque and Classical eras. She is also a devoted educator, a prolific recording artist, and a frequent collaborator with several early music ensembles including La Cetra Basel, Ensemble 415, and La Centifolia. Schayegh was born in 1975 in Winterthur, Switzerland, to a musical family. Her older brother played the cello, her mother played the recorder, and Schayegh began playing the violin when she was five years old. Later, she attended the University of Music in Basel and studied violin with Raphaël ...