Rebecca J Carda Leigh, piano
About the Artist
Meet Concert & Cake Founder & Artistic Director
Rebecca J Carda Leigh, concert pianist, studied at the most prestigious music schools in the United States, the Eastman School of Music (BA in piano performance,) she continued course work at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music with such faculty as Nina Svetlanova, Rebecca Penneys, German Diez, Jackson Berkey, Madame Rosalyn Tureck, and Dr. Ana Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi.
As a concert pianist, she tours globally performing over 30 solo concerts a year. She has played solo performances at such venues as: Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, Steinway Hall NYC, Steinway Hall UK, The John F. Kennedy Library Boston, The Cardinals Villa Chicago, The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series Chicago, The Moorings Naples, Caramoor, Kilbourn Hall, Howard Hanson Hall, Lena Hall Chautauqua, the Chautauqua Amphitheater, St. Augustine’s Church Bexhill-on-Sea England, London Royal Kensington Central Library, Farm Street Church Mayfair, London, Witherspoon Concert Hall, Christ Church Greenwich, The Bruce Museum Auditorium, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music NYC, Bechstein Music World Hall Singapore, Tokyo Concerts Lab Japan, and The Steinway Gallery Hong Kong.
Her prizes and honors include: The Forsythe Memorial Award, the Gertrude Vayo, the Eleanor Daugherty, the George Eastman Scholarship, and the Chautauqua Summer Music Festival. Her patrons have included Mrs. Howard Hanson (wife of the late composer/conductor Dr. Howard Hanson). She has been an appointed teacher for the American Music Scholarship Association, the Germaine Pinault School of Music, and is a member of the Leschetitzky Association. She adjudicated such competitions as the Leschetitzky Gifted Young People’s Concert and the World Piano Competition.
She holds the American Protégé International Competition 2013/2023 Diploma for extraordinary dedication and achievement in the field of teaching music.
She is a Steinway Top Teacher Award recipient for dedication to music education, artistry, quality, and exquisite musical expression.
She is the founder and artistic director of
Concert & Cake Global: London, New York City, Naples, Jackson Hole, Greenwich, Omaha, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
