Lejla Agolli facts for kids

Lejla Agolli is a talented Albanian composer, born on October 4, 1950. She creates beautiful music, including pieces for orchestras and films.

About Lejla Agolli

Lejla Agolli was born in Korçë, a city in Albania. From a young age, she showed a great interest in music.

Her Musical Training

Agolli studied music in Tirana, the capital city of Albania. She learned about composition and orchestration. This means she learned how to write music and how to arrange it for different instruments in an orchestra. Her teacher was Tish Daija, a well-known Albanian composer.

Her Career as a Composer

Lejla Agolli has had a very successful career. She won the National Civic Song Festival for her song Ah ky mall. This song was sung by Frederik Ndoci, a famous Albanian singer.

For several years, Agolli also worked as the artistic director for The National Ensemble of Folk Songs and Dancing. In this role, she helped guide the artistic direction of a group that performs traditional Albanian music and dances.

Lejla Agolli's Music

Lejla Agolli has written many different kinds of musical pieces. Her works include:

• Cantatas: These are pieces for singers and an orchestra.
• Symphonies: These are long musical pieces for a full orchestra.
• Concertos: These are pieces where one instrument, like a violin, plays a solo part with an orchestra.
• Chamber music: This is music written for a small group of instruments.

Selected Musical Works

Here are some of her well-known compositions:

• Ah ky mall (This song won a national festival!)
• Fantasy for violin and orchestra
• In Memoriam for solo clarinet and string orchestra. This piece was written to honor Mother Teresa.
• Poema for violin and orchestra
• Rondo No.1 for violin and orchestra
• Rondo No.2 for violin and orchestra
• Violin concerto No.1
• Violin concerto No.2

Her Work in Film

Lejla Agolli has also composed music for animated films.

• 1976: Majlinda dhe zogu i vogël (Majlinda and the Little Bird) - She was the composer for this short animated film.
• 1976: Lisharsi - She also composed music for this animated short film.