Ilaria Donatone, aka Yaya, is an Italian deejay and producer that boasts artistic confirmations and collaborations in the national and international music scene.

The innate feeling with console transforms passion into a constant professional commitment that consecrates the artist as dj Open Act of “Vasco Live Kom 014 and 016“, of historic “Vasco Modena Park 2017“, “Vasco Non Stop Live 2018“and “Vasco Non Stop Live 2019“.

She has worked for great international artists such as Elton John, Bob Sinclair, Enrique Iglesias and Steve Aoki.

The collaborations with Radio 105, Iqos, Lamborghini, Smart, and Fiat highlight the versatility of Yaya.

Yaya Deejay’s 2017 rhymes with the single “One day“, presented during Sanremo’s Festival week. In this song full of energy, electric guitar and Pop sound emerge.

It’s only the preview of a wonderful 2018 in which the meeting with Maestro Andrea Morricone and the birth of “Zenith” stands out. The music that made the history of cinema meets the atmospheres of the new millennium. An authentic musical revolution officially presented in Monaco.

In 2019 is recorded “Twenty four Seven“; this album marks the second chapter of the collaboration between Maestro Andrea Morricone and Yaya Deejay. A dynamic album with innovative and impactful sounds presented in Monaco on 16th Film Festival occasion, after having collected the critics’ prize chaired by President Ezio Greggio for the success achieved with the single “Zenith“.

During the 2020 lockdown, Yaya decides to devote her time to researching and studying sounds that can instill courage, determination, the joy of restarting to live, moving and finding oneself through music and dance.