Leandro Guiran Pestana

Leandro is a multidisciplinary artist from Brazil. He is a guitarist, music producer, event producer, band leader and workshop facilitator. He has studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Leandro also loves capoeira, samba music, theatre, painting (especially watercolour), writing poetry, rap, making sculptures with terracotta, and cooking.

Leandro can also play the ukulele and other string instruments including the bass and a little bit of piano and percussion. He can also facilitate singing warmups.

His approach to working with children teaching music involves mixing mindfulness with music together, to keep centred, calm and focused. Leandro’s sessions involve mindfulness/meditation, body percussion, developing a sense of rhythm and music time with various exercises and fun games. This aims at developing children’s social and emotional confidence.

Leandro’s first approach to connecting with new children is often talking about “ninja techniques”, ninja cartoons that children may know about. Leandro has experience working with children with autism and SEND teaching music and mindfulness.

As Leandro’s first language is Portuguese, he can lead language immersion sessions in that language. He also speaks a little bit of Spanish.

Leandro in a nutshell

Enhanced DBS check

SEN experience (autism)

Experience with teens and groups

Native Portuguese

Conversational level of Spanish