What is Leon Fleisher?
[[File:Leon Fleisher 1963.JPG|right|200px]] '''Leon Fleisher''' (July 23, 1928 – August 2, 2020)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/arts/music/leon-fleisher-dead.html Leon Fleisher, 92, Dies; Spellbinding Pianist With One Hand or Two]</ref> was an American pianist and [[conductor (music)|conductor]]. He was one of the most renowned pianists and [[pedagogues]] in the world. He was born in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. He taught at [[Peabody Conservatory of Music]], the [[Curtis Institute of Music]], and the [[Royal Conservatory of Music]] in Toronto. He co-founded and co-directed the Theater Chamber Players in 1968&ndash;2003, which was the first resident chamber ensemble of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] and of [[The Kennedy Center]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.rogershapirofund.org/founders/dina-koston.html|title=Dina Koston|access-date=12 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215647/http://www.rogershapirofund.org/founders/dina-koston.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fleisher died on August 2, 2020 from [[cancer]] under [[hospice care]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], aged 92.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2020/08/02/702978476/leon-fleisher-the-pianist-who-reinvented-himself-dies-at-92?t=1596425890990 Leon Fleisher, The Pianist Who Reinvented Himself, Dies At 92]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleisher, Leon}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American pianists]] [[Category:American conductors]] [[Category:Educators from San Francisco]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Maryland]] [[Category:Musicians from San Francisco]] {{US-bio-stub}}