Leon Fleisher appears in the following:
Leon Fleisher's Nine Lives
Monday, December 13, 2010
Pianist Leon Fleisher talks about his remarkable career in music and the mysterious paralysis of two of his fingers on his right hand. In My Nine Lives: A Memoir of Many Careers in Music, written with celebrated music critic Anne Midgette, he writes of his condition, the search for a cure, and his love of music.
The Greene Space
Leon Fleisher
Sunday, December 12, 2010
4:30 PM
The Greene Space and WQXR welcome you to an exclusive and intimate concert with legendary pianist Leon Fleisher. The evening's program will include the Bach Chaconne (arr. for the left hand by Brahms) and the Takacs Toccata and Fugue for Left Hand, Op. 56.
Pianist and Conductor Leon Fleisher
Monday, December 17, 2007
Legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher has recently returned to performing, now that he’s regained the use of his right hand. For years, he had to give up playing because of a neurological movement disorder. Fleisher is also one of this year’s Kennedy Center honorees.
Events: Leon Fleisher has received ...
Learning to Cope
Monday, December 17, 2007
John Elder Robison wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome until he was in his 40s. He describes growing up without being able to recognize social cues or facial expressions and how he learned to navigate the world anyway. Also, pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher. NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow. Plus: the ...
