Since his acclaimed conducting debut in 2003, Leo Phillips has been performing regularly in Thailand and elsewhere around South East Asia. In addition to his many concert performances, Leo conducted the S. E. Asian premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera ‘The Turn of the Screw’ at the Thailand Cultural Centre. The opening night was graced with the attendance of H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana, and also present was the director of the Bayreuth Festspiele, Wolfgang Wagner. 

Born in London, Leo studied the violin both in Europe, with David Takeno and Sandor Vegh, and in The United States with Dorothy DeLay and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He has appeared as violin soloist with many orchestras including The London Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, The National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa, and L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, with whom he directed all five Mozart concerti in Montreux, and was the violin soloist on their recording of Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Serenade.

A dedicated chamber musician, Leo was a founder member of the Vellinger String Quartet, and Leader of the internationally regarded Nash Ensemble of London (1996–2000) with whom he toured extensively and made many critically acclaimed recordings and broadcasts.

Leo has also appeared in over sixty countries worldwide as Leader of many world-renowned orchestras including The London Philharmonic, The Hallé Orchestra, The BBC Orchestras, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, The Bergen Philharmonic, and The Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Much in demand as a violin teacher and chamber music coach, Leo has given lessons and conducted master classes at The Royal Academy of Music, The Guildhall School, Chetham’s School of Music, Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Princeton University, USA, and the Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong. He has also been Artist in Residence at The Sydney Conservatorium, Australia, and The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.

In addition to his musical career, Leo co-wrote a full-length comedy screenplay and devised ‘Living Music’, a six-part documentary series for Channel 4 television. Articles of his have been published in The Daily Telegraph, ‘Art’ magazine and ‘Autocar’, and his photographic portraits of Dame Iris Murdoch have been displayed in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery. 

Further details can be found at www.leophillips.com/biography.htm