Leonard Weiss

Leonard Weiss is an Australian conductor and educator. He is the 2024-25 Cybec Assistant Conductor with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Canberra Sinfonia. He is known as a champion of new Australian music, including conducting the 2022 world premiere of Dulcie Holland's Piano Concertino with pianist Ronan Apcar, and as well as for his regular work as an opera conductor. In 2025, Weiss was selected as a Tanglewood Conducting Fellow, where he studied with Andris Nelsons. The same year he also received First Prize in the Khachaturian International Competition, conducting the composer's Symphony no. 2.

In 2026, Weiss will debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and at Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducting a newly commissioned opera by Asia Ahmetjanova. Provided by Wikipedia