Short Biography (260 words)

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Born in London of Anglo-Indian descent, Dr Leo Geyer is a composer, conductor, and presenter. He began his career as a Cover Conductor at the Royal Ballet and Opera. Now, he is the founder and Artistic Director of Constella Music , the company established in 2011 that performs, broadcasts and publishes Leo’s work. This includes Constella’s performances of Leo's restorations of unheard music written in Auschwitz, resulting in worldwide news coverage and the documentary film The Lost Music of Auschwitz, hailed by the Financial Times as “profoundly moving”.

 

Praised by The Times for his “imaginative and beautifully shaped” music, Leo has  received various accolades including the Royal Television Society’s Best Original Score. Leo’s music has been performed internationally by ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, Theater Aachen and Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere. 

 

Described by James Murphy, CEO of the Royal Philharmonic Society as “one of the great young British conductors to watch,” Leo has worked as a guest conductor with the BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble, the National Theatre, Luxembourg Kammerata, Ensemble 212 (USA), AUT (Denmark), and other ensembles.

 

With his desire to share composition and musicological research with the wider world, Leo trained as a broadcast presenter on the BBC Open Music Programme under the supervision of Katie Derham. He made his debut at the Royal Albert Hall in 2022 as part of the BBC Proms, broadcast live on Radio 3. Since then, Leo has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes on the BBC, ITV, and Sky Arts.

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Full Biography (350 words)

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Born in London of Anglo-Indian descent, Dr Leo Geyer is a composer, conductor, and presenter. He enjoys a busy and diverse career composing and conducting opera, dance, film and concert music. Leo also presents music programmes for radio and television, often exploring his own pioneering research.  

 

When he was 19, Leo founded Constella Music - the company that performs, broadcasts and publishes Leo’s work. Constella Music brings together internationally renowned artists in critically acclaimed performances in the UK and abroad. This includes Constella’s performances of Leo's restorations of unheard music written in Auschwitz, resulting in worldwide news coverage and the documentary film The Lost Music of Auschwitz, hailed by the Financial Times as “profoundly moving”. Constella’s learning and outreach activities include an award-winning virtual performance programme for care homes and an elite non-professional ensemble. 

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Praised by The Times for his “imaginative and beautifully shaped” music, Leo has received various accolades including the Royal Television Society’s Best Original Score. Leo’s music has been performed internationally by ensembles such as, the English Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, Theater Aachen and Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere. Leo has also built a reputation for sensitive composition restoration, which includes recreating the live cinema orchestra score for the Ukrainian silent film Man with a Movie Camera.  

 

Leo began his conducting career as a Cover Conductor at the Royal Ballet and Opera. Described by James Murphy, CEO of the Royal Philharmonic Society as “one of the great young British conductors to watch”, Leo has worked as a guest conductor with the BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble, the National Theatre, Luxembourg Kammerata, Ensemble 212 (USA), amongst others.

 

With his desire to share composition and musicological research with the wider world, Leo trained as a broadcast presenter on the BBC Open Music Programme with Katie Derham as his mentor. He made his debut at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, broadcast live on Radio. Since then, Leo has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes on BBC Radio 3 and 4, ITV, and Sky Arts.