Biografie
Leon Weber (born November 8, 1994) is a German multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Berlin. He gained international attention in the early 2010s under the alias LCAW with a series of viral remixes for Daughter, London Grammar, Parov Stelar, Rüfüs Du Sol, Marlon Roudette, Herbert Grönemeyer, and others, and as a defining part of the tropical house scene surrounding Robin Schulz, Lost Frequencies, and Kungs. At the age of 19, Columbia Records signed the young producer, Musikexpress magazine awarded LCAW the “Best Upcoming DJ” prize (2014), and in the following years, singles were released with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, WhoMadeWho, Martin Kelly, including remixes by Grammy winner RAC, Matthew Herbert, and KDA, among others.
In 2019, the DSO Berlin (Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin) commissioned Leon Weber to compose a rework of Ludwig van Beethoven's 6th “Pastoral” Symphony for orchestra and live electronics.
The world premiere took place in the Großer Sendesaal at the Haus des Rundfunks in Berlin. Another reworking of Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F major was created in collaboration with the Philharmonia Quartet Berlin. The recording is released in 2020 (Deutsche Grammophon) digitally and on vinyl and has since been performed with musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO), the Cologne Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Opera, the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, and the Goldmund Quartet.
The official reworking of Steve Reich's Six Pianos for piano and live electronics will receive worldwide attention upon its release in 2024. Performances will take place with musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) and the Cologne Philharmonic in an adaptation for marimba and live electronics.
The unique complexity of Leon Weber's work reveals a distinctive musical language that deliberately defies conventional categorization. Drawing on this creative freedom and his keen sense for narrative structures, his compositional focus has increasingly shifted toward film music. Leon Weber celebrated his first film premiere with the music for the short film A Soil A Culture A River A People by director Viv Li at the 82nd Venice Film Festival (2025). This artistic collaboration continues in Viv Li's debut feature film Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest, which celebrates its world premiere at the 76th Berlinale (2026) with music by Leon Weber.