Violinist Leonid Keylin has enjoyed success both as soloist and a chamber musician in the United States and abroad. His solo appearances have taken him to New York, Washington, Baltimore, Seattle, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Taipei and other major cities in over thirty countries. As a member of numerous New York based ensembles - acting often as the concertmaster – he has toured throughout Europe, South America, Israel, South Africa and the Far East.

Mr. Keylin has been a faculty member at the Waterloo Festival and was concertmaster of Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra in Washington D.C. and the Virginia Beach Orchestra. He also performed with the New York Chamber Symphony, Mostly Mozart, Soviet Émigré Orchestra and is currently a member and frequent soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble on their tours to Asia.

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Leonid Keylin began musical studies at age six with his mother, herself an accomplished musician. A year later, he was accepted to the Special Music School for Gifted Children of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He went on to capture numerous prizes and awards which led to concerts both in recital and as soloist with orchestras in St. Petersburg, Moscow and other cities in Russia. After immigrating to the United States in 1979, Mr. Keylin graduated from The Juilliard School, where he was a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay. In 1991 Mr. Keylin became a member of the Seattle Symphony, with which he has appeared as soloist on numerous occasions. As an avid chamber musician, the violinist has been a regular participant of the Seattle International Festival and is also a founding member of the Seattle-based Petrus Quartet. Leonid Keylin has recorded for CBS, Angel, Melodia and the Musical Heritage labels.