Credit
Leo Purich
Leo Purich (b. 1998) is a Montreal-based composer and a performer on viola, violin, and piano. His work is driven by curiosity about connections between people, sounds, and ideas, and is informed by his love of various styles of classical, jazz, and folk music.
Highlights of Leo’s recent years include commissions from NYO Canada, Chœur Saint-Laurent, Sapphonix Collective, and the West Island Youth Symphony Orchestra. Among the accolades he has received are three Young Composer Awards from the SOCAN Foundation, and the Saxophone Quartet Composition Residency at McGill for 2023-24. As a violist, Leo took part in the 2022 NYO Borealis Tour, which included performances of his commissioned work, “Canopies | Canopées.” More recent projects include a work for baroque violin and electronics, music for a puppet opera, a piano trio, and a piece for the Montreal Suzuki String Orchestra’s 2023 European tour. Leo was also a participant in the Young Artist Composers program of the Tuckamore Music Festival, and the Digital Music program of the Domaine Forget Academy.
Leo is currently majoring in both Music Theory and Composition at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. Previously, he obtained a Double DEC in Science and Music from Vanier College.
