Biography
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Leo Nicholson studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Dussek and Joseph Middleton, and at Trinity Laban with Douglas Finch and the late Yonty Solomon.
He was a consistent prize-winner at Trinity, winning both the John Longmire Beethoven Competition and the Alfred Kitchen Chopin Competition, and graduated with First Class Honours, the TCM Silver Medal (Keyboard) and a Silver Medal awarded by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He continues to work as a soloist and performs with six-piano group Piano Circus.
Leo won the accompanist prize at the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards in 2016, accompanying his third cousin, bass-baritone Sam Carl, and is a Samling artist. He has a long-standing duo with flautist Rosanna Ter-Berg, and their critically acclaimed Purcell Room début (under the auspices of the Park Lane Group) in January 2012 led to performances at the Wigmore Hall and the Bridgewater Hall. More recently Leo started working with saxophonist Anthony Brown, who he met through the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and they have since played together all over the country.
Leo has a fondness for Musical Theatre, and has worked on everything from small fringe shows (Belle Canto’s Opera Hour, and the Crowd (wept) and Hamlet! The Musical) to large commercial productions (Jekyll & Hyde UK Tour).
He lives in south London.