Ilenia Smedile, aka Ilenya, from a sicilian background, was born in Milan on October 20, 1989. She began studying piano at the age of 8, piking up over the years singing, acting and interpretation whit the hear coach Gianluca Valenti. In 2015 she attended the course of Didactics of Modern Singing at Loretta Martinez's VMS in Milan.
In 2019 she attended the Albero del Canto with Paola Folli and in 2020 she began the degree course in POP / ROCK SINGING at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma.
Ilenya, singer-songwriter and author for other young artists, after having released various singles, is currently in the studio to prepare her first EP, scheduled for the end of 2021, which will collect songs never published before her.