Leonard Schreiber - Violin
 Leonard
Schreiber was born in 1984 in Antwerp,
Belgium. He began his violin studies at the
age of six and made his concerto debut with
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders
a year later. In 1995 he won the Herman
Krebbers International Violin Competition in
Maastricht, Netherlands, which gave him the
opportunity to perform more concertos with
orchestra and work with the Belgian
conductor Dirk Brossé. Leonid Kerbel
prepared him for a professional career. He
participates in various Masterclasses with
teachers such as Dr. Felix Andrievsky,
Herman Krebbers and Boris Kuschnir, and
soloists Shlomo Mintz and Maxim Vengerov.
In 1999 Leonard was awarded a full
scholarship at the Purcell School in the UK.
Subsequently, he received the Foundation
Scholarship to continue his studies with Dr.
Felix Andrievsky at the Royal College of
Music in London, graduating with First Class
Honours in 2004. He is currently studying
with Levon Chilingirian on the postgraduate
course at the RCM where he is supported by
the Frederick Johnston Award. He has also
won other awards from the MBF and the MMSF.
Leonard has given concerts and recitals in
many countries including Belgium, France,
Germany, Holland, Israel, Italy, Monaco,
Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK. He
has also performed as a soloist with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders,
the European Philharmonic Orchestra,
Collegium Musicum of Kiev, Jerusalem
Symphony Orchestra, the London Soloists and
the Lima Radio Philharmonic Orchestra to
name a few. He has had the honour to play
for Prince Charles at Windsor Castle and for
Prince Philippe in Brussels. He also was
invited by Mischa Maisky to take part in a
programme produced for the Japanese
television company NHK.
In 2004 he won the competition 'Junge Stars
von Morgen' in Koblenz, Germany. He was a
finalist at the Young Concert Artist Trust
Competition held at the Wigmore Hall in May
2004. Leonard won the Concerto
Competition at the Royal College of Music,
as a result performing the Khachaturian
Violin Concerto with the College’s orchestra
under Neil Thomson.
Leonard plays on an Italian violin by
Alessandro Mezzadri, Ferrara 1710, kindly
loaned by Georg Von Opel. |
REVIEWS
Musicweb-international:
“Leonard Schreiber,
as soloist, was at one with Thomson’s
approach... the cadenza was given with wry
sardonic humour that brought David Oistrakh,
the work’s dedicatee, to mind...”
Classicalsource:
“Khachaturian’s Violin
Concerto was played with effortless charm
and virtuosity by Leonard Schreiber.”
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