Biography
Leo Florin
Leo Florin (b. 30.07.2003) has had great success with a series of first prizes and awards in international music competitions in Sweden, Italy, Germany, France, Croatia, Bosnia, Austria, Ukraine, Canada and other countries. In 2023 he won the Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica in Italy – one of the world’s most prestigious accordion competitions. In 2024 he won both Coupe Mondiale and Accordion Euro Coupe. Leo has played for celebrities such as Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Ireland. Leo has played with artists such as court singer Ingrid Tobiasson, drummer Per Lindvall, guitarist Janne Schaffer and violinist Hugo Ticciati. He has released a CD and made recordings for TV and radio. In 2016, Leo was awarded ”Accordionist of the Year” by the Swedish Accordionists Association. In 2022, he was elected to the board. Leo is the initiator and artistic director of Kammerton Accordion Festival. The festival´s ambition is to show all possibilities of the accordion – solo and in combination with other instruments.
Winner of following competitions
Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica, classica chamber (Castelfidardo, Italy) 2024
COUPE MONDIALE Masters (Castelfidardo, Italy) 2024
Dani Harmonike (Ugljevik, Bosnia-Hercegovina) 2024
Accordion EURO COUPE (Bijeljina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) 2024
Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica, masters (Castelfidardo, Italy) 2023
Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica, junior (Castelfidardo, Italy) 2021
Stockholm International Music Competition (Stockholm, Sweden) 2021
Les Etoiles de Sancyberie (Mont-Dore, France) 2021
International Music competition “Art-Dominanta” (Kharkiv, Ukraine) 2021
Internationale Akkordeonfest in Graz, upp till 18 år (Graz, Austria) 2020
Stockholm International Music Competition (Stockholm, Sweden) 2016
London Grand Prize, Royal Albert Hall (London, United Kingdom) 2016
International Accordion Days in Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) 2016
“Accordionist of the year 2016” given by Swedish Accordionist Association
International Accordion Days in Prague (Prague, Czech Republic) 2015
52. Internationaler Akkordeonwettbewerb (Klingenthal, Germany) 2015
Petropavlovskie assamblei, varieté (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015
45. Međunarodni susret harmonikaša (Pula, Croatia) 2014
Stockholm International Music Competition (Stockholm, Sweden) 2012