Leon Fleisher News

 
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Magnetic performances from Marin Alsop, Leon Fleisher, Baltimore Symphony
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Local favorite -- heck, local hero -- Leon Fleisher helped light the fuse at the top of the program as soloist in Ravel's Concerto for Left Hand. a stirring roar from the crowd when he walked out and again when the performance ended.

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Baltimore Sun
Risselle 'Rikki' Fleisher, lawyer
Baltimore Sun
In 1962, she married concert pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher. They lived in Bolton Hill. She joined the Mount Royal Democratic Club and in 1969 became a founding member of the New Democratic Club of Baltimore. She was a delegate to the 1968 ...

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Classical Music Is Supreme Today At The Nation's Highest Court
NPR (blog)
Meanwhile, Justice Ginsburg has also invited one of the true giants among pianists, Leon Fleisher, to play for the Court today. In previous years, she has invited such current opera favorites as Stephanie Blythe and Anthony Dean Griffey, ...

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Audiophile Audition
HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 60; SCHUMANN: Carnaval; LISZT: Sonetto 104 del ...
Audiophile Audition
Perhaps the most useful inclusion is the bracingly acerbic Sonata by Tan's teacher Leon Kirchner. This piece is certainly not new to recordings; there's a classic version by Leon Fleisher (available from ArkivMusic) that's undoubtedly a barn-burner.


 
Wall Street Journal
Stop for a Minute (or More) and Listen
Wall Street Journal
In another segment, conductor Leon Fleisher is enrapt in Jean Sibelius's "Symphony #1 in E Minor," conducting along with a pencil and stereo remote in his hands. "With this project, I quickly realized that there is vast expertise about music embedded ...


 
TheaterMania.com
February House's Julian Fleisher, Gabriel Kahane, Kacie Sheik Set for Joe's ...
TheaterMania.com
Actor Julian Fleisher will perform at Joe's Pub at 7pm on June 11. Son of world-renowned concert pianist Leon Fleisher, Fleisher mixes masterful interpretations of a wide range of popular songs. Gabriel Kahane ( ~© David Gordon )


 
Supreme Court Justices Take a Musical Break
The BLT: Blog of Legal Times (blog)
Renowned pianist Leon Fleisher performed for the audience, part of the time playing the piano with only his left hand -- a reminder of the period in the 1960s when he lost use of his right hand because of a rare affliction. Fleisher also played ...

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