Born in Milazzo in Italy, Elvira Foti began her piano studies very young, displaying such musical talent that she performed in public when she was only seven years old. She studied music at A. Corelli conservatory where she obtained first piano price with distinction in Roberto Bianco class. Then she perfected her piano studies with Michele Marvulli and Eliodoro Sollima. liodoro Sollima.

Elvira Foti has won prizes at several piano competitions.

She is regulary invited to play as a soloist in Italy and abroad in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Austria, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Rumania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia... Her performances, as a soloist, in piano duets and with the orchestra, have always reaped flattering acclaim from critics and audiences alike.

Elvira Foti is also an active music scholar and musical critic.

She has made recordings for MMS Digital of Munich and for Vermeer Digital.