​​​​LEAH KRUSZEWSKI​

Interviews

​​​​Leah was interviewed in April 2024 by Musicngear Magazine, a product recommendation engine for musicians and aficionados that explores the best gear for every music taste build passionate microcommunities of people with similar music tastes. Read the interview here. 

Flamenco and Classical Guitar

• private guitar lessons online​​

• flamenco guitar lessons in Seville, Spain

• concerts and performances    ​​
  

April 2019 online performance and interview with Lessonface  about music education, being a professional musician, and the world of flamenco guitar.

Pre-Flamenco Projects

Recordings from two favorite Richmond, Virginia projects in released in 2013, Fado Nosso (Portuguese fado music) and the Richmond Guitar Quartet (classical guitar). 

Photos of Recent Performances 

Teaching

​​​​Leah loves sharing her musical insights and experience with guitar students from all over the world.  Leah teaches students of flamenco, classical, fingerstyle, and acoustic guitar online via Lessonface, where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2018.  In Seville, Spain, visitors seek out Leah for one-on-one instruction in flamenco, classical, or Spanish guitar.  

Recent Videos

About

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Guitarist and Richmond, Virginia native Leah Kruszewski currently resides in Seville, Spain, where teaches classical and flamenco guitar lessons to local and international students, both in person and online. 

Education: Leah studied classical guitar at Virginia Commonwealth University (2010) and performed extensively as a soloist and in local classical and world music ensembles in Richmond, Virginia (USA). In 2013, she moved to Seville, Spain, where she studied on scholarship at the Fundación Cristina Heeren, one of Spain's most renowned and rigorous professional flamenco schools, from 2013 to 2017. Her teachers included 
maestros Eduardo Rebollar, Niño de Pura, Paco Cortes, and Pedro Sierra. 

Richmond, Virginia, USA: Leah founded and led a flamenco-inspired ensemble alongside classical guitarist Denver Walker and accompanied singer Bernadette Stephens in the Portuguese Fado group, Fado Nosso. Fado Nosso is still going strong and has an admiring following in Richmond with its current members Bernadette, bassist Brian Cruse, and guitarist Ron Alig.  She also played with the Richmond Guitar Quartet (classical guitar) for concerts featuring works by Piazzolla, Bach, Bizet, and Beethoven.  

From its inception in 2009 to its final installment in 2018, Leah co-organized and performed in VCU's Flamenco Festival.  The seven festivals featured performances and master classes by Washington D.C. artists (Richard Marlow, Miguelito, and Torcuato Zamora).  Leah performed solo and accompanied flamenco dancers of Latin Ballet of Virginia and invited flamenco dancers Antonio Hidalgo Paz and Francisco Mesa 'El Nano'. 

 
Seville, Spain: In Seville, Leah performed regularly in flamenco tablaos, festivals, and concerts locally and abroad from 2013 to 2024. Venues included La Madriguera de Mai, La Milonga Tablao, Teatro Flamenco Triana, Teatro Gongora (Córdoba), La Pedrera (with the production 3 Almas de Mujer), and the Arles Flamenco Festival (France). She accompanied flamenco singing classes at the Fundación Cristina Heeren (2017-2020) and accompanied flamenco dance classes in the Escuela Flamenco de Juan Polvillo (2017-2024). She was the guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in the afro-latino and flamenco fusion group La Fiera de mi Niña from 2023 to 2025.

Leah currently devotes her time to teaching guitar (online and in person), writing fiction, and accompanying the dancers of A-tarantadas in their latest project, "Tierras lejanas, raíces danzantes."

CONTACT

August 2019 interview with Amy Call and the Music Matters Podcast on teaching adult beginners and other music education topics (Episode #39).