Leon & Malia Bio
Award-winning composers, recording artists, performers and producers, Leon Siu and Malia Elliott form the versatile, creative team, Leon & Malia — whose works range from film scores to commercial jingles, to symphonic works, to children’s songs, to vintage and current Hawaiian music, to contemporary pop and exotic world-beats.
Leon & Malia’s writing credits include the benchmark symphonic cantata, Boy With Goldfish, recorded with the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra; the dynamic soundtrack for the award winning National Geographic documentary The Voyage of the Hōkūleʻa; the best-selling, sing-along children’s cds and dvds Keiki Calabash and Hawaii Kids Calabash as well as the Mokulana Hawaiian Awareness Collection and a variety of other innovative works.
Through their performances, Leon & Malia have shared the Aloha Spirit worldwide — from college pubs to elegant showrooms; symphony halls to sports stadiums; mega-pop festivals to the ballrooms of ships at sea. No matter what the venue, Leon & Malia’s performances have always been engaging, uplifting, breathtakingly beautiful and thoroughly enjoyable. Whether performing the vintage songs of Hawaii, pop hits or their own compositions, Leon & Malia makes every song a memorable experience.
Leon & Malia are Hawaii’s leaders in children’s music and they have performed to tens of thousands of school children throughout Hawaii. Leon & Malia’s children’s concerts, videos, CDs, activity books and other children’s products, delight and inspire the children of Hawaii to explore the natural and cultural wonders of their unique island home.
Leon & Malia’s best-loved cd, Island Music is a selection of original and classic Hawaiian songs that evoke the allure and memories of Hawaii … island sunrises, flower leis, ocean liners arriving at Aloha Tower … tropical days of sun and surf … enchanting sunsets and nights of wistful romance.
It is Aloha at its best. Aloha at its most beautiful.
