David Leahy

Double bassist, David Leahy has been an active member of the free improvisation scene ever since his arrival from New Zealand in 1998. He is also an improvising dancer and works at Trinity Laban as a lecturer to both music and dance students. He is particularly interested in spatialized performance practices and has explored and performed alternative approaches to performance with a wide array of improvisers and with larger groups such as; LIO, Oxford Improvisers, the Free Range Orchestra (Canterbury), the Wuppertal improvisers, and Orquesta Foco (Madrid).

He most recently performed at Mopomoso with cellist and dancer Paloma Carrasco Lopez from Spain. Prior to this, with Philipp Wachsmann following the release of their duet cd ‘translated space’ (2020). David also participated in the 2013 Mopomoso national tour, performing then with Benedict Taylor and Alison Blunt.