Olsi Leka is born in Tirana, Albania in 1980. He started studying the cello at the age of 6. Aged 24, he was appointed Cello Soloist – section leader at the BNO. In 2007 he was appointed cello Professor at the RCA & in 2015 at the RCB. He plays an exceptional cello crafted by the Italian violin maker Raffaele Gagliano around 1820, and graciously made available by the Éric Feldbusch Foundation. ... more