Leonel Kaplan has been an influential presence in the free improvised music scene since the early 2000s.

Born in Buenos Aires and now based in Belgrade, he has collaborated with renowned musicians including Christof Kurzmann, John Butcher, Michel Doneda,  Audrey Chen, Lê Quan Ninh and Tetuzi Akiyama between many others. 

In addition to performance, Kaplan composes for dance, theatre, and light installations, collaborating on projects with Allora & Calzadilla, Capriconnection, and, more recently, Aleksandra Stratimirovic. He also focuses on mixing and mastering audio.

His music is released on labels such as Another Timbre, Relative Pitch, ESP-Disk’ and more.