From 2003-6 he was Principal Conductor of the University of London Symphony Orchestra, which under his leadership became one of the leading youth orchestras in England; other orchestras with whom he has appeared include Southbank Sinfonia, West Forest Sinfonia, Salomon Orchestra, London Concertante, Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, and the London Contemporary Music Group. He has been at the helm of Newbury Choral Society for three seasons, during which time the society has grown in number and had huge success with adventurous programming - most recently Tippett's A Child of Our Time.

Equally at home in the opera pit as on the concert platform, Leo was for two years Head of Music for English Touring Opera's Spring tours, for whom he conducted Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosi fan Tutte and Donizetti's Mary Queen of Scots. He has also conducted for the Batignano and Aberdeen Festivals, Opera North, and for Glyndebourne on Tour.

Last season he conducted a new opera, Gentle Giant, for ROH2 at the Clore Studio, Royal Opera House; Pell‚as et M‚lisande with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Easter Festival, as Sir Simon Rattle's assistant; and a new production of Cosi fan Tutte for Opera Holland Park. Plans for 2006-7 include concerts with the Southbank Sinfonia and Hamburger Symphoniker; Glass's Satyagraha at ENO; Rigoletto for Opera North; and returning to Salzburg to assist Valery Gergiev on Benvenuto Cellini.

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