A native of Paris, Leslie Levi began her musical training when she was five years old. She attended conservatories at Rosny-sous-bois and St Maur before entering the Paris Conservatory at the age of 16, studying violin. Her teachers at that time included Boris Garlitzky, Matis Vaystner, Regis Pasquier and Carole St Michel. She also attended masterclasses given by Donal Weilerstein, Maurizio Fuks, Annick Roussin, J-P Wallez, Yair Kless, Raphael Oleg, Emmanel Borok, Alexandre Brussilovsky and Hagai Shaham. Leslie was awarded the Paris Prize by unanimous vote.

In 2007-2008, she was a Fulbright scholar in the studio of Dana Mazurkevich at Boston University, where she received the Special Grand Prize in the 2008 Bach Competition. She also received chamber music coachings from Peter Zazofsky, Steve Ansell, Lucy Lin and Michael Reynolds.

In addition to classical training, she is also very interested in early music and studied barocco violin with Jane Starkman.

Since May 2009, she has held a MA degree in Performance with distinction from BU. She is currently an Artist Diploma Candidate in the studio of Dana Mazurkevich at Boston University and was awarded the College of Fine Arts scholarship.

As a chamber musician and soloist, Leslie Levi has played in festivals including Nice, Flaine, La nuit des châteaux-musées of Fontainebleau in the Pro Quartet Program and St. Jean de Luz.

She has also participated in workshops for new musical works such as the Cultural Music and Diplomacy workshop at Northeastern University and has premiered the musical work How Now by Betsy Jolas at the Paris Conservatory.

Recent credits include film music recordings, live TV broadcasts and solo performance tours of Germany and Italy.

Her accomplishments include performance under the batons of Pierre Boulez, Shlomo Mintz, David Robertson, Leon Fleisher, Myunn Whun Chung, Emmanuel Krivine, Janos Furst and Lawrence Foster with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris as well as numerous concerts and recitals throughout Paris.