Layale Chaker

She later studied at the Conservatoire Régional de Paris beginning in 2010 and the Royal Academy of Music in London starting in 2017 with professors including Mohamed Hashem, Carmen Scripcariu, Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller.

[2] Her debut album, Inner Rhyme, with her chamber jazz ensemble Sarafand, was released on Circle Records in 2019, incorporating Arabic poetic meters.

Additionally, the album received the AFAC 2018 fund and a "Top of The World" distinction from Songlines with a 5-star review.

[7] Her album Radio Afloat, with Sarafand[1] takes inspiration from the Arabic poem, “The Trace of Blue Passion” by Lebanese poet Ounsi El Hage, and portrays a radio floating at sea, attempting to get back to its rightful place on land.

[5] Chaker currently lives in Brooklyn, New York,[1] and is studying at École des Hautes Études in Paris for her doctoral degree.