13 November 2026

“Proust and music”: a report on the evening with Shani Diluka

Cover of Shani Diluka’s album The Proust Album (Warner Classics, 2022)

On Thursday 12 November 2026, at the Hôtel Littéraire Le Swann, the Société des Amis de Marcel Proust welcomed the pianist Shani Diluka, on the occasion of the publication of her book Du spirituel dans l’art, et dans la musique en particulier (éditions Art3), for a conversation led by Jérôme Bastianelli as part of the Rencontres des Amis de Marcel Proust.

Shani Diluka spoke about her path from Monaco to the Paris Conservatoire, her discovery of Proust, her recording The Proust Album, released in 2022 for the centenary of the writer’s death, and the links she sees between music, literature and spirituality.

The full report of this meeting is now online in the Meetings section of our resources.

Read the report