Bio Leopoldo Osio Jazz pianist Leopoldo Osio was born in Ciudad bolvar, Venezuela.

He started playing the piano ar a very early age, inspired by Venezuelan Traditional Music. He credits George Shearing as being the first musician that got him hooked on jazz when he was 14 years old. Around this time, Leo began studying with jazz musician and promoter Ivo Farfan, who introduced him to jazz trumpet player Julio Mendoza, who was to become his principal mentor and developed his interest in bebop. Leo immersed himself in the music of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Chucho Valdes and Paquito de Rivera. At the age of 16, he was invited to perform in the Festival de Jazz en el Orinoco with important Venezuelan musicians like Ivo Farfan, Victor Cuica, Roberto Giron, and later the same year he played in a jazz festival called El Hatillo with Julio Mendoza Quartet. His interest in music led him to study at several universities in 3 countries to improve his knowledge in different areas of the music, including Jazz and Latin Music in IUDEM Venezuela, Brazilian Music at Conservatorio Soua Lima Brazil, and Newpark Music Centre were he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance (Hons) in 2010. Some of his Jazz Piano Teachers have been Phil DeGreg from USA, Guillherme Ribeiro from Brazil, Laurent Lecuyer and Blanco from Venezuea and Phil Ware and Justin Carroll from Ireland. He has performed with important Venezuelan musicians including Pablo Gil, Andres Briceo, Biella Da Costa and Alvaro Falcon, Leo Quintero, Xavier Padilla, Aquiles Baez, Gonzalo Mico, Orlando Poleo, Orquesta Sinfonica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Orquesta Sinfonica Dr. Carlos Mohle and La Orchestra Sinfonica del Estado de Nueva Esparta among many others. International Musicians include Alex Mathias, John Moriarty, Conor Guifoyle and his Jazz Conclave, Kevin Brady, Damian Evans, Cormac Obrien, Niwel Tsumbu, Cuban all Stars, Dublin City Jazz Orchestra and Hot House Big Band in Ireland, Vicente Macian and Mario Rossi in Spain, Nicolas Folmer and Pierre Bertrand from France, Alejandro Aviles from USA among many other musicians. Leo has performed in several countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Spain, Russia, and Ireland and international Jazz Festivals and Clubs including: Cork Jazz Festival Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire Electric Picnic Music al Carrer XII Festival Jazz al Parque Nagua-Nagua Jazz Festival Jazz Festival El Hatillo Festival de Jazz en el Orinoco Margarita Jazz Festival. Jazz Clubs: Dublin JJ Smyths Bewleys CafeTheater Sao Paulo Syndikat Jazz Club Ao vivo Spain Caf Mercedes Jazz Russia Forte Jazz Club The Vniigaz Auditorium Leopoldo Osio is currently based in Dublin Ireland, where he has been very active as a Jazz Piano teacher and musician, becoming a part of the Irish jazz scene.