Loredana Cunti
Books • Speaking • Musical Experiences
Creating stories and events that build confidence in kids and courage in adults.
Musical Events
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Loredana has produced and sponsored musical events and 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 is a three-person jukebox musical weaving shocking true immigrant history and iconic Italian arias and Neapolitan song.
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Coming soon...The Cake Concertos. Introducing a new way to experience iconic music through a multi-sensory pairing of world-renowned sweets, and one of a kind performances.
Speaking Engagements
Loredana brings high energy, humour, and movement to every event and author visit.
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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.
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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 writing junior-non fiction and picture book stories for children that inspire and encourage.
Her titles include a Junior Library Guild Gold Recipient, multiple Forest of Reading nominees, a World Cookbook Award winner, and a book about how dancing can help you find confidence, now adopted into every TCDSB elementary school.
From "To Burp or Not to Burp: A Guide To Your Body in Space", the first of four highly acclaimed Dr. Dave Astronaut Series Books to Karate Kakapo about a karate-chopping kakapo who has to master the flying kick (but can't fly!) to a flamboyant flamingo who tries to win a Chicken Dance Contest, every book leaves kids with something to feel, think about, and try.
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