Leona Crasi

Leona is a Romanian-American pianist. She trained as a classical pianist, earning her B.Mus and M.Mus from the Royal Academy of Music, and has since focused on providing lessons and performance opportunities for amateur pianists. Driven by her passion for teaching, she opened the doors to the Institute of Contemporary Performance in 2021 with the aim of creating a space where music profesisonals, emerging young musicians, and amateur musicians could come together. As a performer, Leona specialises in Hungarian 19th and 20th centruy repertoire. She has appeared in venues and festivals such as the Lucerne Piano Fetsival in Switzerland, the Bloomsbury Music Fetsival in London, the Aegean Music Festival in Greece, the Hungarian Cultural Institutes in Vienna and Budapest, and the Royal Theatre in Morocco. She has been a guest teacher at the Fatima Refugee Centre in Bangkok, the Mohacs Masterclasses in Hungary, the Red Hedgehog in London, and the Sigismund Toduta Music College in Romania.