Leo Grinhauz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1965 to young musician parents. After Leo’s father Luis attained a chair in The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the family settled in Canada in 1970. Leo began playing the cello under the tutelage of the legendary Walter Joachim, then the principal cellist of the M.S.O. Leo would later go on to work in the cello section and perform several times as guest soloist with The Montreal Symphony Orchestra. His last solo engagement included Arthur Honnegger’s Cello Concerto with Charles Dutoit conducting.

Grinhauz's principal teachers have included Gary Hoffman, Janos Starker, and Bernard Greenhouse. Leo graduated  and also received the coveted Artist Diploma from Indiana University, and received his Master’s from Rutgers.

Over the past thirty years, Leo Grinhauz has performed throughout the Americas as a soloist, recitalist and ensemblist including the International Festivals at Marlboro, Ottawa, and Lanaudiere.  Heard frequently over the airwaves of the CBC, Leo Grinhauz’s discography includes several recorded for that company. One of them is 1999’s Musique Des Ameriques, a disc of music for cello and piano, and includes Leo’s mother Berta Rosenohl. Occasionally, the family still performs together as members of Musica Camerata Montreal.

After a brief stint in the New York Amati Trio, Leo has been cultivating a diverse career in the New York metropolitan area. Highlights include his solo debut at Town Hall, concerts with the late Ruth Laredo, and membership in the Bronx Arts Ensemble, with whom Leo is featured on numerous recordings including Roberto Sierra’s chamber opera El Mensajero de Plata. Other ensemble membership has included Music Amici with whom Leo recorded the critically acclaimed disc Reel Life..the private music of film composers.

As a cellist on Broadway, Leo has enjoyed working for legendary contractors Mel Rodnon, John Monaco, and Eugene Bianco. Leo’s last shows include Jane Eyre and The Producers. Smaller projects have included collaborations with Broadway stars Mary Stout and Jill O’Hara.

In 2004 Leo Grinhauz was a performer at the National Black Arts Festival as a guest of acclaimed composer/conductor Tania Leon. The success from that led to the recording of George Walker’s first string quartet, which has been included in a recently released retrospective of Mr. Walker’s  music. Leo also enjoys his work with Paquito D’Rivera especially a recording with Diva Denyce Graves entitled The Lost Days.

As a Musical Contractor, Leo Grinhauz works with producer Jeffrey Lesser in coordinating the musicians and the weekly recording sessions for Nickelodeon’s The Wonder Pets, now in its third season.

Leo also coordinated The Majestic Gala Orchestra which reopened the eighty year old Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg, PA, and helped to inaugurate the 2008 Gettysburg Festival.

Leo Grinhauz enjoys a “secret” voice-over career in Spanish and English for radio and television. His favorite role in real life is Papa to his daughter, Lily.