Leandro Cardoso is a Brazilian conductor currently based in Montreal, Canada, where he is pursuing his doctoral degree in orchestral conducting at McGill University under the tutelage of Maestro Alexis Hauser. In addition, he is the Beethoven Orchestra manager, and McGill Symphony Orchestra assistant conductor. He also acted as Co-Director of the Kansas University Orchestra and served as the assistant conductor at the University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra between 2019 and 2021. In the United States, he has also served as a cover conductor at the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City.

He is the Athos Chamber Orchestra's founder and principal conductor, an ensemble dedicated to premiering contemporary works by Brazilian composers. The group held its first concert in April 2018 - Containers: Multidimensional Paths, with an acclaimed reception at the Palace of Arts in Belo Horizonte. Leandro also develops a solid work as an arranger, writing for everything from chamber groups to the symphony orchestra, having his arrangements played in more than twenty countries.

Leandro previously studied with renowned Brazilian conductor Marcos Arakaki and graduated in Trumpet Performance and Orchestral Conducting at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He always sought to improve. He took workshops and masterclasses in orchestral direction with internationally acclaimed conductors, such as Ludovic Morlot,Cristian Măcelaru, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Sarah Ioannides, and Kensho Watanabe.