Loredana Cunti
Author • Producer • Cultural Storyteller
Award-Winning Books
Original Canadian music theatre
30 Years in international Entertainment
Creating stories and events that build confidence in kids and courage in adults.
Music & Storytelling
Loredana is the creator and librettist of Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical.
"A musical about ice cream based on true events and packed with iconic Italian folk tunes we all recognize — can it get sweeter than that?"
— Ludwig Van Toronto
A love letter to immigrants, dreamers, and anyone who has ever made something beautiful out of a broken plan, it weaves shocking true immigrant history with iconic Italian arias and Neapolitan song.
Coming soon: The Cake Concertos. Loredana puts her pastry chef qualification and love of iconic classic music to use introducing a new way to experience iconic music through a multi-sensory pairing of world-renowned sweets and intimate live performances.
Speaking Engagements
Loredana brings high energy, humour, and movement to every event and author visit.
In conjunction with librarians and educators, she tailors talks to elementary and secondary students on subjects such as creativity, resilience, and the courage to be exactly who they are.
For adult and women’s audiences, Loredana uses the power of children's stories to have fun tackling reinvention, imposter syndrome and the challenges of work/life imbalance and reconnecting with the kid inside.
She has partnered to create special events with esteemed organizations such as the National Ballet School of Canada and Girl Guides of Canada and served as panelist, jury member and moderator at several conferences, concerts and film and media festivals around the world.
Children's Books
Loredana is a multi-award-winning children's author of picture books and junior nonfiction that inspire, encourage, and entertain.
Her books have received a Junior Library Guild selection, an official TD Summer Reading Club Pick, multiple Forest of Reading nominations, a World Cookbook Award, and adoption into every TCDSB Elementary School.
From exploring life in space with Canadian Space Walking Record Holder, astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, to a karate-chopping kakapo bird who can't fly, to a flamboyant flamingo determined to win a chicken dance contest and find her groove, Loredana's books leave children with something to feel, think about, and try.
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