Leonard Wacker

Born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1998. Since 2024, he studies at the Reina Sofía School of Music's "Zubin Mehta" Conducting Chair with professor Nicolás Pasquet. He has been granted a scholarship by Fundación Albéniz.

He studied violin, philosophy and musicology in Berlin before beginning conducting studies at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar with professors Ekhart Wycik and Nicolás Pasquet. He spent half a year abroad studying with Professor Ole Kristian Ruud at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, with a special focus on Norwegian music.

He has been assistant conductor of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the Duisburger Philharmoniker, the Oslo Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Dresden, among others. In addition, he has been invited to conduct orchestras such as the Wiesbadener Sinfonieorchester and has conducted orchestras such as the Jenaer Philharmonie and the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau throughout his studies. Pursuing his passion for the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, he founded his own ensemble, with which he regularly performs baroque cantatas and motets.