Neil Leonard's live remix of Danilo Perez' "Panama Suite." Recorded at the Panama Jazz Festival 2009.
Tre Fiati - Music: Neil Leonard (music copyright Neil Leonard 2007)
Choreography: Elena Borgatti; Teatro delle Maddalene, Padova, Italy, Nov. 2007
Mil Manera para Decir Adios - Music: Neil Leonard (music copyright Neil Leonard 2007)
Choreography: Elena Borgatti; Teatro delle Maddalene, Padova, Italy, Nov. 2007
Echoes and Footsteps - live at the Auditorium di Roma. Music copyright Neil Leonard, 2007
Vijay Iyer (piano/electronics), Neil Leonard (saxophone)
Duo Matrix - live at Berklee College of Music. Music Feb., 2008
NEIL LEONARD works as a sound artist, composer and saxophonist. His ensemble has featured Marshall Allen (Director of the Sun Ra Arkestra), Bruce Barth, Dave Bryant, Don Byron, Kenwood Dennard, Robin Eubanks, Frank Lacy, Oriente Lopez, Ernesto Rodriguez, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Uri Caine. Leonard’s Dreaming of an Island for orchestra, electronics and live-video was premiered by Kirk Trevor and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. Leonard's composition Totems was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall by Byron and Caine. Leonard studied composition with Bob Brookmeyer, Michael Gandolfi and George Russell.
In the past year Leonard organized two festivals of electronic music with concerts in Rome, Venice, La Spezia, Siena, Tel Aviv, Haifa, New York and Boston. Leonard compositions were featured in festivals in Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Senegal, Spain, Sweden.
Leonard performed with Afrocuba, Marshall Allen, Victor Bailey, Guillermo Barretto, Boston Ballet, Bruce Barth, Hiram Bullock, Don Byron, Tyrone Brown, Uri Caine, Bakida Carrol, Vic Chesnutt, Dominique Eade, Kevin Eubanks, Robin Eubanks Jimmy Fallon, Tom Fowler, Bill Frisell, Gene Jackson, Leroy Jenkins, Howard Johnson, Billy Kilson, Victor Lewis, Elliott Levin, John Lockwood, Oriente Lopez, Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club), Joe Maneri, John Medeski, Butch Morris, Joe Morris, Phill Niblock, Don Patterson, Billy Paul, Giuliano Perin, Odean Pope, Wolfgang Pushnick, Michael Ray, Todd Rundgren, Emiliano Salvador, Dave Samuels, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Lew Soloff, Steve Swallow, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Howard Tate, David Thomas (Pere Ubu), Rip Torn, Garry Valente, Mark Whitfield, Phil Wilson, Evan Ziporyn
Leonard's collaborative work with visual artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was featured by the 49th Venice Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, NY; purchased by the National Gallery of Canada; and presented by the U.S. State Department at DakArt/Dakar Biennial in Senegal. Leonard composed the music for Relatives by Tony Oursler and Constance DeJong that was featured at the Whitney Biennial.
Leonards solo CD Timaeus features works for saxophone/live electronics - published by Cedar Hill Records.
Leonard founded Gallery Artist Studio Project (GASP) with Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons. He is curator of Sonic Arts @ GASP. Leonard is a Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and recently taught sound installation at the Univeristy of Padova and the C. Pollini Conservatory, Italy.
Hiya Leonard, maybe u can't remember me, we met in Naples a couple of months ago... I came to the theatre to see the show. I'm a friend of Lucio. Hope everyting's going great there! I'm writing you as I'm just trying to enter the second phase of the "Rock the Space Contest". I do need support to achieve this goal and it would be a great pleasure to me if u could help me! You should know how hard it is to break into the music industry today! And I'm doing it all on my own... You have only to click on the link below and listen to my song, nothing else! Hope you would support me and the message bound to my music! I wanna wish u all the best hoping to see u in Naples again. Enjoy "Like flowers in my hands" and my music... My blessings Shara
Il progetto Visiotronic nasce per trasportare l’ascoltatore in universo di contrasto, fatto di due mondi. Uno è quello del caos, dei rumori, di tutti quei suoni in cui ci immergiamo nella vita di ogni giorno; l’altro è quello fatto di quei suoni in cui ci abbandoniamo quando vogliamo essere cullati dalla musica. Il tutto viene realizzato attraverso l’utilizzo di suoni di alcuni giocattoli modificati e strumenti che vengono poi processati per essere amalgamati e creare così quello che rappresenta il nostro universo.
Hi Neil nice to meet you! I really like your music very much!thank you for the req - and hopefully I will come to see you at your next performance in Italy (I read you've been in Siena and La Spezia, that's so near to where I live) Best wishes,L.
Hi Neil! Purtroppo non ci conosciamo di persona,ma sono veramente contento di poter fare un'esperienza del genere al fianco di una perosna come te. A presto e buon lavoro, Cristian.
