Leonard Lindweld completed Bachelor’s of performing arts at Park University’s International Center for Music in Kansas City and holds a Master’s degree from both University in Bergen’s Grieg Academy and The Norwegian Academy. His mentors has included Stanislav Ioudenitch, Leif Ove Andsnes, Einar Røttingen and Håvard Gimse. Lindweld was born in Stockholm, Sweden and began to study piano at the age of six. Lindweld has been awarded a Silver medal at the 20th competition for young musicians in Barletta, Italy and First place at Shavshinsky Music Competition held in St.Petersburg. Artists who Lindweld has worked with include William Grant Naboré, Dang Thai Son, Ben Goetzke, Menahem Pressler, Jan Jiraceck von Arnim, Leif Ove Andsnes, Matti Raekallio and James Giles. Lindweld has been broadcasted on Swedish National Television, Russian Radio and Norwegian National Television playing works by Rachmaninov, Liszt, C.Schumann and Grieg. Lindweld has also acted as a soloist and chamber musician on stages such as The Berwald Hall, The Grieg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing arts, The Royal Palace in Stockholm, Church of the Cross in Bergen and Baoli Center for the performing arts in Shenzhen, the cultural center at Dayan, The Steinway Garden in Shenzhen, The cultural center at Nanshan and Mountain View Theatre in Shekou. Lindweld is founding member and pianist of Trout Quartet, a Piano Quartet that is actively giving performances in China and Europe and has been mentored by professor Joseph Kalichstein, Michael Uhde, Roglit Ishay and Rainer Schmidt. Lindweld is currently teaching piano at Merchiston International School at Longhua and the principal at Tarrant Academy.