Leonid Soybelman (born 20 July 1966 in Balti, USSR (now Moldova)) Leonoid is a Berlin-based musician and film composer, leader of the band Ne Zhdali.
[1] The guitarist and singer, he also collaborated with Alec Kopyt in the "Poza" project, with bands Auktyon, The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet and many others.
Originally from Moldavia, he grew up in Tallinn, USSR (now Estonia), where he founded in the late 1980s the band Ne Zhdali together with his classmate Ilya Komarov.
[2] In the 1990s they reunited with Ne Zhdali in Western Europe, continuing touring and producing new albums.
Their album Hijacking was produced by John Zorn at his label Tzadik Records in the "Radical Jewish Culture" series.