Leonard Jácome (born on July 5th 1981, in Rubio, Táchira State, Venezuela), multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer and producer, is one of the Venezuela's most prolific and accomplished harpists. He has won numerous awards representing Venezuela abroad and has toured and performed throughout Latin America, United States, South Africa, Europe, Africa, Japan, Malaysia, and UK. Leonard has represe
nted Venezuela at:
• II, IV & VIII World Harp Festival in Paraguay (2008-2010-2014).
• V Latin American Harp Meeting and the "Mishquila de Arpas" in Santiago del Estero, Argentina (2009).
• Wales International Harp Festival, Caernarfon-Wales UK (2014)
• Schagerl Brass Festival 2014, Melk-Austria.
• He is a "Camac artist". Artistic image of the prestigious harps manufacturer Camac-harps of France: https://www.camac-harps.com/en/harps-en/southamerican/electro-llanera-37/
• In October 2016, Leonard Jacome was invited by the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for his first world concert with two Camac Venezuelan harps on stage: “Venezuelan electric harp with Big Band Jazz” and “EC llanera with Philharmonic Orchestra”. There, he played at two important performances at prestigious "Dewan Philarmonik Petronas" theatre (Petronas Twin towers- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Since he created the Venezuelan harp chair, he has taught over thirty young harpists. Leonard is also working to develop a contemporary identity for the South American harp. It is Leonard who asked Jakez (Chairman of CAMAC-HARPS of France) to produce the first Venezuelan electric harp.
