Amira is of Libyan, Italian and Scottish heritage and was raised in Glasgow by her grandmother. Her introduction to music was through free violin lessons at school.
Amira studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of Jerre Gibson and Simon Fischer where she won numerous prizes and awards including the Governors’ Recital Prize for Strings. After gaining a 1st class Bachelor of Music with honours and a Master of Music with distinction Amira took up a scholarship to study at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, Austin where she studied with Professor Brian Lewis and subsequently won the Outstanding Master of Music Recital prize. Her studies were kindly supported by the Dewar Arts Awards.
It was during her college years that Amira played and recorded with various folk bands performing at festivals and events including New York Tartan Week, the Caledonian Society of Oman, T in the Park, WOMAD and Celtic Connections and she continues to perform as a member of the Grit Orchestra. On returning to Scotland, Amira freelanced with the RSNO, Scottish Ensemble, Scottish Opera and BBCSSO before taking up a position in the SCO.
Amira’s openness to collaboration has since led to co-writing and performing two albums (“Stately, melancholic, quietly gorgeous” The Herald) with Glasgow-based composer Richard Luke, featuring on BAFTA winning films, TV and games.
