Leila Liongonkaia

received her first cello lessons at the age of seven in her hometown of Tatarstan. She participated in the program for gifted children and studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Music Academy.

She is a prizewinner of several competitions and a certified orchestra and instrumental teacher. She has held various engagements at opera houses and chamber orchestras in Russia.

Since 2017 she has lived and worked in Germany, where she is, among other things, a member of the Würth Philharmonic Orchestra.