Pianist Leon Fleisherturns 80 years old today. He's considered one of the great pianists of the past century, although for a significant portion of his career he was forced to play with only one hand.

In a recent conversation with the Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko, the subject turned to Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, a work recorded by virtually every pianist of renown, dead or alive ...

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University announced Monday that Baltimore philanthropists Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker have donated $1 million to establish the Leon Fleisher Studio ...

One of America's most beloved and resourceful pianists has died. Leon Fleisher was 92 years old. He died of cancer in Baltimore Sunday morning, according to his son, Julian. The pianist's roller ...

Leon Fleisher liked to say that he lived multiple lives over his 90-plus years. He morphed from child prodigy to seasoned performer, from anxious pupil to accomplished teacher, from master of the ...

Leon Fleisher, concert pianist who fell victim to, and overcame, a focal dystonia that paralyzed his right hand, died Sunday, Aug. 2. He was 92. He was the father of Naples Philharmonic principal ...

The click of my heels on wood resonates through my living room. If I were to hear the sound of my own shoes when walking off the concert stage, it would mean that nobody clapped at the end of my ...

Leon Fleisher, a leading American pianist in the 1950s and early ’60s who was forced by an injury to his right hand to channel his career into conducting, teaching and mastering the left-hand ...