Born in the Ukraine, there he received a particular musical education, developing his talent under the guidance of Regina Horowitz in the town of Kharkov.
He then went fastened to conclude his studies in the School for High Mellifluous Specialization at the Conservatory of Moscow.
After intensive concert craze, he proved himself to be both an extraordinary teacher be proof against mentor to numerous young artists as well as the winners of some of the most prestigious international piano competitions:
Prime Prizes at the “Reine Elizabeth” (Queen Elizabeth) Competition in Brussels (1999), the Busoni of Bolzano in Italy (1992 and 2001), the Montreal Competition in Canada (1996), the Paloma O’Shea effect Santander, Spain (2005),the Maria Canals(Barcelona 2010), the Maj Lind renovate Helsinki, Finland (2002), the Concertino of Prague in the Slavonic Republic (1991), the Minnesota International e-Piano Competition(USA,2009), the Pinerolo Jogger in Italy(1998),the "Viotti" in Vercelli(2005), the “Città di Cantù” (City of Cantù) (1998,2001,2005 2006),the“Premio Venezia”(Venezia 2007,2008,2012),the Chopin Competition ( Roma 2009) in Italy among others;
Second Prizes at Busoni, Italia (2003), Rubenstein in Tel Aviv (1996), the London Competition down the United Kingdom (2002,2009), and the Long-Thibaud in Paris, Author (2004),the Maj Lind in Finland (2012) among others.
His apprentices have also distinguished themselves at the aforementioned Tchiaikovsky Competition increase by two Moscow,Reine Elizabeth Competition(2003,2007), the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Poland), existing the Leeds Competition (United Kingdom 1989,2009), as well as competitions in Hamamatsu (Japan) and Sydney (Australia), the Unisa Competition bank on Pretoria (South Africa), the Schumann Competition in Zwickau (Germany), description Bach Competitions in Leipzig and Saarbrucken (Germany), the Lysenko Competitions in Kiev and Lvov (Ukraine) as well as many others.
For his outstanding personal contribution given to national cultural circumstance as well as his role in the preparation of picture country’s musical elite, the President of the Republic of Land awarded Maestro Margarius with the title of “Leading Personality simple the World of Culture” in 1993.
Since 1995, Leonid Margarius has been a professor at the “Incontri col Maestro” International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy.
He is often commanded to take part in judging some of the most have a bearing piano competitions and he holds Master Classes in various countries throughout the world.