Leyla Kabuli is a fifth year PhD candidate in EECS at UC Berkeley advised by Professor Laura Waller. She received a BS in EECS and a BA in Music from UC Berkeley in 2021, graduating as the 150th University Medalist. Her research is in computational imaging system design, at the intersection of information theory, machine learning, and optics. She is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program and the Berkeley Fellowship.

scholarship student of Yoshikazu Nagai at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Division, and is the pianist of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. She won First Prizes in the Los Angeles Young Artists International, the Wildflower Young Artist Music Showcase, and the eMuse International competitions; Second Prize in the Enkor International Piano Competition; Third Prize in the Virginia Waring International Concerto Competition; and best transcription and audience prizes in the Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition. She also won First Prizes in the Pacific Musical Society, MTAC solo and concerto, CAPMT honors and contemporary, Kruschke, Mindell, Ghiglieri, Classical Masters, East Bay, Berkeley Etude Club, and US Open competitions; as well as top prizes in CMTANC, McKee, SF Chopin, Zeiter, and regional MTNA Piano Duet competitions. She was a 2016 and 2017 National Young Arts winner, and a Chopin Foundation Scholarship recipient. As the 2016 Helen von Ammon Emerging Artist Award recipient, Leyla had a solo recital on San Francisco’s Noontime Concerts. She performed with Ensemble SF, and as a soloist with the Waring Festival Orchestra in 2015. She appeared on NPR’s From the Top in 2016, and collaborated with the show on a music video to raise awareness for refugees. Leyla especially enjoys chamber music and collaborative piano, and has attended the BU Tanglewood Institute, Southeastern Piano Festival, and Colburn Academy. She has upcoming performances with the El Camino Symphony, Nova Vista Symphony, and Sonoma Philharmonic as the winner of their Young Artist competitions.

I have extensive experience accompanying instrumental soloists (pianists, strings, woodwinds) for recitals, recording sessions, and competitions.BA in Music from UC Berkeley Pre-College at San Francisco Conservatory of Music