Leila H. graduated with a 1st class B(Mus)Hons degree from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2021 with a semester studying at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague. She has recently completed her Post-Graduate Certificate in Flute Performance at the Conservatoire graduating with a Merit in July 2022. During her BMus and PG Cert, Leila studied with Judith Hall, Marie-Christine Zupancic, Andrew Lane and Thies Roorda. She also learnt with Anna Noakes whilst in sixth form.

Leila H. is a freelance flautist/piccolo player, and teacher. She is currently living in London where she is studying, as the Fishmonger’s Company Beckwith Scholar, for her Masters in Instrumental Performance at The Royal College of Music.

Alongside her studies, Leila teaches flute and piano and performs with The Heart of England Philharmonic, The Sinfonia Stellaris and her folk band, Patchwork. Leila also enjoys working in arts admin. She currently works as the Operations and Pastoral Assistant at Guildhall Young Artists Norwich and previously worked as the SoundLab Coordinator for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Learning and Participation Department's outreach project SoundLab for the academic year 2021 - 2022.
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Leila has wide performance experience having played at the Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia Academy and recorded for the Peaky Blinders Soundtrack in England, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the EU Parliament in Belgium with Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in Holland and the Summer Academy Voksenaasen in Norway and toured Serbia (playing for Birmingham School of Acting) and Germany with Triorca.