Leon Wenzel regularly performs on the international concert stage. In piano recitals or as a soloist with orchestra, as well as a sought-after chamber music partner, his playing combines 'great technical skill and impressive musical intelligence' (Hessisch-Niedersächsische Allgemeine). His repertoire ranges from Frescobaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach to the masters of the Classical and Romantic periods and extends well into the modern era, expanding with world premieres of contemporary compositions.
Leon Wenzel's concerts take him throughout Germany and Belgium, as well as to the Netherlands, France, Italy and the Canary Islands. He has also performed several times in Moscow and Saint Petersburg (Glinka Chapel).
In the 2024/25 season, Leon Wenzel made his debut with the Orchestre philharmonique royal de Liège under the baton of Swann van Rechem in Sergei Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto. He has also recently performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Kassel Symphony Orchestra and the Wernigerode Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
He has repeatedly received recognition for his pianistic achievements through prizes at international competitions. Leon Wenzel won first prize and a special prize at the San Dona di Piave International Piano Competition (Italy, 2017) and was awarded special prizes at the Piano Campus in Pontoise (France, 2023) and the audience prize at the 'Celler Sommerkonzerte' (Germany, 2021).
Since winning first prize with the highest score and the Hans Sikorski Memorial Prize at the 'Jugend Musiziert' competition in 2014, Leon Wenzel has been supported by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben scholarship programme. In addition, he has been awarded the sought-after Deutschlandstipendium three times and is a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation. He has further performed numerous concerts as a scholarship holder of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now.
Leon Wenzel took his first piano lessons at the age of nine with Alexander Weht in his hometown of Kassel. At the age of 13, he transferred to the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover to study with Prof. Roland Krüger, first completing the 'Institut zur Frühförderung musikalisch Hochbegabter (IFF)' and then a three-year junior study programme. This was followed by a bachelor's degree at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin with Prof. Konrad Engel and a master's degree at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Prof. Gabriel Teclu. He completed the latter in the summer of 2025 with the highest distinction. His collaboration with Prof. Teclu continues as part of a 'Master spécialisé'.
Leon Wenzel has received valuable inspiration from internationally renowned teachers and artists such as Florent Boffard, Bernd Goetzke, Pavel Gililov, Boris Konovalov, Boris Kusnezow, Matti Raekallio and Arie Vardi in numerous masterclasses. In lessons with Tabea Zimerman, Jonathan Aner, Thomas Quasthoff and Wolfgang Rieger, among others, he was able to develop his chamber music skills and gain valuable experience as a song accompanist.
Leon Wenzel is deeply committed to bringing music to a wide audience. He regularly moderates his concerts, includes his own texts in his programmes, and organises concerts in venues and for people who are not usually exposed to classical music.
He is also esteemed as a teacher and, in the summer of 2025, was once again assistant to Prof. Teclu at the 'International Music Academy' in Dînant (Belgium).