Leela is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade. She learns piano under the tutelage of Ms. Esma Pasic- Filipovic at the Newark School of the Arts and is part of the Kathy and Mark Grier Conservatory Program at the Newark School of the Arts. Besides playing the piano, Leela learns Indian Classical Dance (Kathak) and enjoys Bollywood music, coding and puzzles.
You can find Leela’s 2022 19th Century Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Leela’s 2023 18th Century Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Leela’s 19th Century Music Competition 2024 piano performance here.
You can find Leela’s 18th Century Music Competition 2024 piano performance here.
Watch Leela Kalyanpur perform Waltz Op.64 No.2 by Chopin on the piano for the 2025 Summer Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.