“Leonhard Baumgartner is a charismatic violinist of rare and exceptional talent with a maturity beyond his years.”

Prof. Dora Schwarzberg, University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Leonhard (*2007 in Vienna), has won prizes at renowned competitions, including the 1st Prize and Spezial Prize at The Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition, and the 1st Prize at the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition in 2022, and in 2023 the Discovery Award of the International Classical Music Awards. In August 2024 Leo won the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition, debuting with Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Eivind Aadland. He made his debut with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the Wiener Konzerthaus at the age of 15. 

Leonhard studies with Dora Schwarzberg at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with Ingolf Turban at the University for Music and Theatre Munich. He plays as a soloist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the NFM Philharmonic Wroclaw, and the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra among other renowned orchestras. Leo is a scholar of Music Academy Liechtenstein, and he has been an invitee of the Chamber Music Connects the World Festival at Kronberg, where he performed with Gidon Kremer. He took part in inspiring masterclasses with great musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Ana Chumachenco and David Frühwirth, among others.

Leonhard’s studies are supported by the Nina Gscheider & Florian Schwarz Scholarship of the Stretton Society.

Leonhard plays a fine violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1683, known as the “ex Petherick”, a generous loan by a member of the Stretton Society.