Skaila Kanga
In the collection
2 records
Played with
Elton John
1 record together
Pat Metheny
1 record together
Paul Buckmaster
1 record together
Bernie Taupin
1 record together
Gus Dudgeon
1 record together
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
1 record together
Barry Morgan
1 record together
Clive Hicks
1 record together
Kay Garner
1 record together
Lesley Duncan
1 record together
Madeline Bell
1 record together
Roger Cook
1 record together
About
Skaila Kanga was born in India and started learning the piano at the age of five. She won a Junior Exhibition to the Royal Academy of Music and later studied there with Vivian Langrish. Her interest in the harp began at 17 years of age when she was given the opportunity to study with Tina Bonifacio, Sir Thomas Beecham’s harpist in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
She is an harp player.
Skaila began her career with the BBC Concert Orchestra and soon went on to freelance with many regional and all the major London orchestras under such eminent conductors as Boult, Kempe, Guilini, Monteux, Haitink, Maazel, Mehta, Barenboim, Previn, Solti, Klemperer, Svetlanov and Rattle. At this time she also worked extensively with Pierre Boulez in the BBC Symphony Orchestra alongside Sidonie Goossens and Maria Korchinska.