Leon Fleisher

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Leon Fleisher was a renowned American pianist and conductor celebrated for his interpretations of the classical repertoire and his influential teaching career.

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instanceOf conductor
human
music educator
pianist
awardReceived Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France
surface form: Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters

Kennedy Center Honors
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-07-23
dateOfDeath 2020-08-02
educatedAt studied privately with Artur Schnabel
employer Curtis Institute of Music
Peabody Institute
surface form: Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Tanglewood Music Center
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Fleisher
fullName Leon Fleisher self-link
genre classical music
givenName Leon
hasChild Julian Fleisher
hasHealthIssue focal dystonia
instrument piano
languageSpoken English
movementSpecialization left-hand piano repertoire
notableFor interpretations of Beethoven
interpretations of Brahms
interpretations of Mozart
interpretations of Schubert
notableStudent André Watts
Jeremy Denk
Jonathan Biss
Yefim Bronfman
notableWork album "All the Things You Are"
album "The Journey"
album "Two Hands"
recordings of Beethoven piano concertos with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra
recordings of Brahms piano concertos with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra
occupation conductor
music teacher
pianist
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland, United States
positionHeld co-director of the Tanglewood Music Center
faculty member at Curtis Institute of Music
faculty member at Peabody Institute
residence Baltimore, Maryland, United States
sexOrGender male
significantEvent loss of use of right hand in the mid-1960s due to focal dystonia
partial recovery of right-hand function in the 1990s
spouse Katherine Jacobson Fleisher
studentOf Artur Schnabel

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Jonathan Biss studiedUnder Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher fullName Leon Fleisher self-link