The recordings of pianist Shani Diluka, featuring choice performances of Romantic and post-Romantic repertory, have garnered an unusual number of prizes. She also plays contemporary music.
Diluka was born to Sri Lankan parents on November 7, 1976, in Monaco. As a child, she won admittance to a program spearheaded by Monaco's Princess Grace that allowed children with special talents to receive dedicated music lessons as part of their regular school classes. Diluka enrolled at Monaco's Academie de Musique, maintained by the Fondation Prince Rainier III, and received a first pri...