Elena will be singing at Hidden Treasures, a celebration of Gypsy art and craft in its many forms, at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre on Sunday 11th June.

The event will take place from 10am to 4pm, and will include talks, an exhibition of art and craft, and demonstations of basket weaving and flower making. Elena will sing from 1:30-2pm and from 3:30-4pm.

If you wish to attend, please notify Pitlochry Festival Theatre Box Office by May 31st to secure your ticket(s).

Phone 01796 484626
www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com

On 6th July Elena will be singing at the Purbeck Folk Club in Langton Matravers Village Hall.

Address:
Langton Matravers Village Hall
High St, Langton Matravers
Swanage BH193HA

Tickets: £6
Doors open: 7.30pm
Gig starts: 8pm

Elena will be singing in the Coffi House on Wellfield Road in Cardiff on Friday 19th May. Doors will open at 7pm and the gig starts at 7:30pm.

Tickets are £6, available either on the door or from Terry Howe on terry.howe4@btinternet.com.

Elena will be singing at the Chapel 1887 Bar & Restaurant on Churchill Way in Cardiff on Sunday 13th November from 3pm, as part of their Sunday Sounds live music series.

Elena will be playing at the Brickstock Festival on Friday 4th November at 4pm at the Brickworks on Trade St in Cardiff.

On Monday 31st October from 8:20pm Elena will be singing live on the Jelli Records Music Show on Bradley Stoke Radio (BSR 103.4FM), a community radio station based in Bristol which broadcasts to Bristol and the surrounding area.

Listen to the show (Elena’s part starts at 20 mins)

Elena will appear on Radio Centro Musica on the programme Irish Coffee, which focuses on Celtic music, culture and entertainment, and fuses music and traditions from Sardinia, Galicia, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. This week the presenters Paolo, Pietro and Simonetta have the pleasure of welcoming Elena once more.

Elena has an extraordinary folk music background, with knowledge ranging from Sardinia, where she was born, to the Shetland Islands. Elena recently won the Akademia Music Awards Best Folk Album for June 2016.

The program will be broadcast on Wednesday 22 June 2016 at 22:00 (CEST) (21:00 BST)

An appointment not to miss!

You can listen on:
Radio Centro Musica: http://www.radiocentromusica.it/
TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/RADIO-CENTRO-MUSICA-s225742/

IRISH COFFEE IN DIRETTA

Un grande ritorno ad “IRISH COFFEE”, salotto radiofonico di musica e cultura Celtica, ed intrattenimento. Sardegna, Galizia, Bretagna, Irlanda e Scozia unite in un connubio di note musicali e tradizioni.

Pietro, Paolo e Simonetta hanno il piacere di incontrare di nuovo:

ELENA PIRAS

Di origine Sarda, Elena ha uno straordinario background musicale folk partito dalla sua terra, la Sardegna, e giunto fino al remoto arcipelago delle Shetland nell’alta Scozia.

RECENTEMENTE PREMIATA da AKADEMIA MUSIC AWARDS per il migliore album Folk di Giugno 2016.

RADIO CENTRO MUSICA: http://www.radiocentromusica.it/

RADIO CENTRO MUSICA: FM 104.60 MHz – AM 702 KHz

Mercoledì 22 giugno dalle ore 22:00 alle ore 0:00
Dal 22 giugno alle 22:00 al 23 giugno alle 0:00

Livestream: http://www.radiocentromusica.it/rcmbiosphereradio.html
Internet Radio: http://www.internet-radio.com/station/rcmitalia/
TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/RADIO-CENTRO-MUSICA-s225742/

There is an interview with Elena in Wales Council of the Blind’s newsletter Roundup (Winter 2015 edition), in which she talks about her musical journey from Sardinia to the UK.

On Saturday 30th January Elena performed at the Woodlands Centre in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.

The concert was to raise funds for the Mòd nan Eilean Siar 2016.

Elena performed at a Holocaust Memorial Day Event at An Lanntair Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis on Wednesday 27 January 27 2016.

This event was organised by the Western Isles Diversity and Equality Steering Group, and was an evening of challenging and diverse live music and experiences which took the audience on a journey from darkness to light.