LEON KERNER
Composer & Teacher

Vita


2000


2003-2005: Musical early education with Mrs. Christine Schäfer at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2005-2006: Accordion lessons with Mrs. Perda M. Pauler at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2006-2007: Continued accordion lessons with Dr. Romald Fischer at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2007-2017: Piano lessons with Dr. Romald Fischer at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2012: 1st prize at the Regional Competition "Jugend Musiziert" Munich with advancement to the State Competition. 2nd prize at the State Competition "JugendMusiziert" Berlin


2014-2015: Jazz piano lessons with Mrs. Inna Surzhenko at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2015: Participation in the "Jazz Juniors" support program of the State Youth Jazz Orchestra Bavaria under the direction of Mr. Harald Rüschenbaum
Admission to the support class program at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2015-2017: Continued jazz piano lessons with Mr. Matthias Preißinger at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich


2016-2018: Enrollment in the scientific-propaedeutic seminar "Creativity in Music" and writing a paper on "Composition in the Context of Fusion" at the Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Gymnasium Munich, receiving a perfect score of 60 out of 60 points in the evaluation


Since 2016: Work as a private piano and music teacher


2016: Participation in the "Combo Kicks" support program of the State Youth Jazz Orchestra Bavaria under the direction of Mr. Harald Rüschenbaum


2017-2019: Continued jazz piano lessons with Dr. Victor Alcántara at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2017: Work as a pianist for the musical "FAME" at the Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Gymnasium Munich
Participation in a jazz workshop at the Dresden University of Music


Since 2018: Member of "Förderverein Jazz & Malerei e.V."


2018-2019: Composition lessons with Dr. Victor Alcántara at the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


2018: Activities including pianist for the international music project "Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott at the Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Gymnasium Munich
Participation as a singer in the 6th "Klasse Klassik" event by Bayerischer Rundfunk
Winning 1st prize at the Regional Competition "JugendMusiziert" Munich with advancement to the State Competition, winning 1st prize at the State Competition "JugendMusiziert" Bavaria with advancement to the National Competition, winning 2nd prize at the National Competition "JugendMusiziert"


2019-2023: Pursuing a degree in Music Education for Gymnasium with jazz piano as the primary instrument at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich


2019: Internship with German film music composer Sebastian Fillenberg in the field of film music production
Work as a pianist in the "Tuesday Night Bigband" of the Municipal Singing and Music School in Munich


Since 2020: Member of "Musicians for a better life e.V." (MuFo)


2020: Work as a jazz piano lecturer at the College of Arts in Bagamoyo, Tanzania


2021: Co-founding member of the Kerner GbR Music School
Winning the "SchoolJam Recording Contest" with the piece "Welcome"
Becoming a semi-finalist in the international "Film Music Contest FMC" with the piece "Apache Air Mission"


2022-2023: Studying Advanced Film Music and Production at the Musicube Academy


Since 2023: Studying Composition for Film an Theatre at ArtEZ University of the Arts Arnhem
2nd chairman of "Musicians for a better life e.V." (MuFo)