OPENING THE DOORS TO HER CHIC HOME IN CENTRAL PARIS LEONA KONIG TELLS HOW HELPING YOUNG MUSICIANS BECOME CLASSICAL STARS FILLS HER WITH JOIE DE VIVRE

‘The views are amazing, especially at night, when you can see the Tour Eiffel and the boats on the Seine’

It was hearing her young daughter’s music that inspired Leona König to change her life, swapping her social whirl for a stunning solo act as a philanthropist. She was watching her little daughter Jana playing the piano and giving concerts when she realised she wanted similarly talented children to have the chance to shine.

So, putting her training as an economist to good use, five years ago she founded her very own IMF, or International Music Foundation, devoted to helping gifted youngsters from any background become top classical performers.

Coming from Austria – and having been married to Austrian tycoon