Born in London of Anglo-Indian descent, Dr Leo Geyer is a composer, conductor, and presenter. He enjoys a busy and diverse career composing and conducting opera, dance, film and concert music. Leo also presents music programmes for radio and television.
Leo trained as a broadcast presenter on the BBC Open Music Programme with Katie Derham as his mentor. He made his debut at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, broadcast live on Radio. Since then, Leo has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes on BBC Radio 3 and 4, ITV, and Sky Arts. Most notably, Leo presented his research in the documentary-film The Lost Music of Auschwitz (2025), which was hailed by the Financial Times as “profoundly moving” and was awarded Best Specialist Factual Programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards.
When he was 19, Leo founded Constella Music – the creative powerhouse that performs, broadcasts and publishes Leo’s work. The company brings together internationally renowned artists in critically acclaimed performances in the UK and abroad. Leo received various composition accolades including the Lord Mayor’s Composition Prize and his music has been described by The Times as “imaginative and beautifully shaped”. This includes performances by ensembles including the English Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Rambert Dance Company, Opera North, Theater Aachen and Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere. Leo began his conducting career as a Cover Conductor at the Royal Ballet and Opera. Described by James Murphy, CEO of the Royal Philharmonic Society as “one of the great young British conductors to watch”, Leo has worked as a guest conductor with the BBC Concert Orchestra, English National Opera, Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble, the National Theatre, Luxembourg Kammerata, Ensemble 212 (USA), amongst others.
Leo has a doctorate in composition from Oxford University and is a Lecturer in Music at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance.
