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	AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
		Fleisher, who will also receive the AAN Foundation Public Leadership in Neurology Award for 2004 at the luncheon, will demonstrate his recovery from a career-crippling case of dystonia in his right hand when he performs a 20-minute piano solo with both hands.
		Fleisher's latest involvement on behalf of dystonia patients is in the launch of the Freedom to Play campaign, an effort by the Musicians with Dystonia program and sponsored by the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation to raise awareness of dystonia, reduce the stigma associated with the condition and urge sufferers worldwide to seek help.
		Fleisher is serving as primary spokesman of the new campaign, which was launched March 30-31 in New York.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-04/aaon-a2p042104.php (654 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette \| May 10, 2004
		Fleisher has been performing the piece all over the world in recent years, with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas, with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, with the Staatskapelle in Berlin with Daniel Barenboim on the podium.
		At Peabody, Leon Fleisher holds the Andrew W. Mellon Chair in Piano, and is revered as an incomparable teacher.
		Leon Fleisher had made his debut with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at age 16, but it was his 1952 win in the Queen Elisabeth that moved him into the top rank of concert pianists.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2004/10may04/10leon.html (1926 words)

	Leon Fleisher at Lippes Concert Hall at Slee Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fleisher’s illustrious career was interrupted by the onset of a debilitating ailment affecting his right hand, later diagnosed as focal dystonia.
		Fleisher’s reputation as a conductor was quickly established when he founded the Theatre Chamber Players at the Kennedy Center in 1967 and became Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony in 1970.
		Leon Fleisher holds honorary doctorates from The Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Towson University and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
	www.slee.buffalo.edu /fleisher.htm (780 words)

	Maestro Leon Fleisher Uses “Two Hands” to Thank NIH : National Institute of Neurological Disorders and ...
		Overview “There is always hope,” said internationally renowned classical pianist Maestro Leon Fleisher during a recent visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to give thanks—in performance—for the innovative treatment he received at NIH and to the NINDS physicians and scientists who helped to reverse his condition.
		Fleisher began studying the piano at age 4 and gave his first public recital at age 8.
		After several misdiagnoses and years of frustration, in 1991 Fleisher was properly diagnosed with focal hand dystonia—a form of dystonia that afflicts about 10,000 musicians worldwide but can strike anyone who uses his or her hands to perform repetitive tasks.
	www.ninds.nih.gov /news_and_events/news_articles/news_article_fleisher_performance.htm (952 words)

	USATODAY.com - A shot of Botox rejuvenates a pianist's crippled hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At 35, Leon Fleisher had been hailed as one of the most gifted pianists of his time when the fingers of his right hand abruptly began to curl inward.
		Leon Fleisher's performance was hindered because of a condition that left him unable to play with his right hand.
		Fleisher received the drug as part of a clinical study, one that shows that Botox might help sufferers of this potentially career-ending neurological disorder.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2004-04-27-botox-pianist-usat_x.htm (726 words)

	Leon Fleisher
		Leon Fleisher, one of the most respected musicians of our time, is known to discerning collectors for his superb 1958-1962 stereo recordings of all of the Beethoven and Brahms piano concertos with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell, fortunately currently available.
		Incidentally, Fleisher's magisterial recording of the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet, not otherwise available on CD, can be found in a superb transfer on another private label, coupled with five Mozart quartets with the Juilliard String Quartet; for information on this contact roppenheim@satx.rr.com.
		There are a few other Fleisher recordings currently in the catalog including music of Korngold and Schmidt for left hand piano and strings, song cycles of Schumann (with Phyllis Bryn-Julson and John Shirley-Quirk), a recording of Leon Kirchner's Piano Sonata, and a distinguished 1991 Sony CD of music for the left hand.
	www.classicalcdreview.com /lf2.html (668 words)

	Maestro Leon Fleisher Performs at NIH, November 12, 2004 Press Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		Maestro Leon Fleisher, one of the world's most renowned classical pianists and three-time Grammy-nominee, will perform selections from his critically acclaimed new CD "Two Hands" at a pre-Thanksgiving event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
		Fleisher lost the use of his right hand to dystonia, the third most common neurological movement disorder after Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.
		Fleisher will perform and also discuss his years of suffering from dystonia, his eventual diagnosis and treatment at the NIH, and his recent comeback to two-handed performance.
	www.nih.gov /news/pr/nov2004/ninds-12.htm (284 words)

	American Composers Orchestra--3/18/2001 biographies
		Fleisher's illustrious career was interrupted by the onset of a debilitating ailment affecting his right hand, later diagnosed as repetitive stress syndrome.
		Fleisher's reputation as a conductor was quickly established when he founded the Theater Chamber Players at the Kennedy Center in 1967 and became Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony in 1970.
		Leon Fleisher holds honorary doctorates from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Towson State University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
	www.americancomposers.org /bios20010318.htm (1489 words)

	Leon Fleisher : the "Obi Wan Kenobi of the piano"
		Leon Fleisher : the "Obi Wan Kenobi of the piano"
		Fleisher has now returned to the classical concert circuit and hopes to recover the full use of his right hand.
		Fleisher feels there is a parallel between the work of a teacher and that of a doctor.
	www.scena.org /lsm/sm5-5/fleisher-en.htm (475 words)

	Newsletter Info
		Fleisher consulted doctor after doctor for a diagnosis of his mysteriously deteriorating hand, but they didn’t seem interested, he says, when they were unable to find something specific to medicate or surgically repair.
		Fleisher was pleased at his performance and later in the summer he played two handed Mozart to standing ovations at the Tanglewood Music Center.
		Fleisher’s hand continues to strengthen with the help of Tessy Brungardt at The Ruscombe Mansion, and after his Carnegie Hall triumph he is planning two-handed performances with the San Francisco Symphony and the Berlin Philharmonic.
	www.21stcenturyradio.com /11-fleisher.html (996 words)

	Arts News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		RANDY: The career of American pianist, conductor and educator Leon Fleisher was burgeoning in the 1950s and ‘60s, with critically-acclaimed recordings as well as concerts and solo recitals in all the great musical centers of the world.
		Now 76 years old, Leon Fleisher has resumed playing the piano—with both hands—and has a new CD on the Vanguard label, with a portion of the proceeds going toward research on the neurological condition that derailed his career in his mid-30s.
		FLEISHER: That came about through the intervention of a neurologist friend of mine here in Baltimore, who told me about a program that had just begun in which they had discovered that Botox was useful in dealing—you see, they don’t know what causes dystonia, and they don’t know how to cure it.
	www.ksmu.smsu.edu /arts/leon_text.html (1746 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Maestro Leon Fleisher, the long-celebrated American pianist who lost the use of his right hand four decades ago to a then little-known condition, now identified as dystonia, has made his first recording of two-hand repertoire in 40 years.
		Fleisher, the only living pianist inducted into the Classical Music Hall of Fame, and the recipient of three Grammy nominations, has celebrated his return to two-handed playing on tour and recording by committing to CD a remarkable program traversing a wide range of emotions.
		Fleisher confessed that the loss of his right hand nearly broke his spirit, but his realization that he “loved music more than he loved the piano” transformed him and his career forever.
	www.dystonia-foundation.org /news.asp?id=164 (1173 words)

	Two Hands - Johann Sebastian Bach, Fryderyk Chopin Music CDs - Lake Country Shop
		Always a great pianist and musician, Fleisher has lost none of his powerful, consummate technique (not surprisingly, his left hand is enormously strong), his rhythmic and tonal control, his expressive projection.
		Fleisher's vitality and exuberance belie his 75 years, though his impetuosity sometimes leads to jerkiness (in the Scherzo), and rushed tempi (in the Finale).
		Fleisher came to my school a few years ago playing his Carnegie Hall program which is mainly featured on this disc.
	www.lakecountryshop.com /shop-item_id-B0002IQHHK-search_type-AsinSearch-locale-us.html (693 words)

	Take Time to Smell the Coffee: Pianist Leon Fleisher
		Mozart's Concerto No. 12 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra played by pianist Leon Fleisher was on the playbill for the last symphony date hubby and I attended.
		Fleisher, now aged 77, has a fascinating story which testifies to perserverence in the face of adversity over one's lifetime.
		Fleisher devoted himself to his teaching and conducting and shied away from the word âcomebackâ.
	booksncoffee.blogspot.com /2005/03/pianist-leon-fleisher.html (485 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Pno Ctos/Handel Vars (Rm) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A story I read about Leon Fleisher told that the repetitive strain injury that made an early end to his two-handed career, was a result of his heavy studying of the second Brahms concerto.
		Fleisher touches exactly the right snare in the solemn major theme that appears twice, and also in the scenes afterwards, where all tension has sunk away.
		Fleisher's rather modest approach is all the more fascinating because it leaves space for the orchestra to point out a lot of often hidden details.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000029YK/ref=nosim/goodmusicguid-20 (1761 words)

	CU Concerts - Leon Fleisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Often considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Leon Fleisher was struck silent in 1965 because of an injury to his right hand (focal dystonia).
		Fleisher's career was on a smooth upward trajectory for the next dozen years: he concertized all over the world with every major orchestra and conductor, gave recitals everywhere, and made numerous touchstone recordings with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra of the piano concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Rachmaninov (all available on CD).
		Fleisher was suddenly struck silent when two fingers of his right hand became immobile in 1965.
	www.cuconcerts.org /fleisher.html (1029 words)

	MPR Music - Silvester Vicic interviews Leon Fleisher.
		Leon Fleisher was in the Twin Cities for a performance with the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota on November 16, 2003.
		10 years ago, Leon Fleisher met with Tessy Brungardt, a Rolfing practitioner who brought his right hand back to be able to play again.
		Leon Fleisher, piano; Baltimore Symphony; Sergui Commissiona, cond.
	music.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/0311_fleisher (275 words)

	Artur Schnabel and Leon Fleisher
		Possibly the most eminent among them is LEON FLEISHER (born 1928), whose profound insights and forceful personality make him one of the most sought-after teachers in the world.
		However, says Fleisher, "Passion, not technique, is what I learned from Schnabel." For both teachers, the musical concept comes first and then the appropriate physical gestures follow, outlining the form and flow of the music.
		Schnabel and Fleisher would have the pianist maintain involvement with the sound before and after it begins, for example by moving the arm on a held note, or by inwardly experiencing the music as if it were making a crescendo.
	www.jeffreychappell.com /kb_schnabel.htm (604 words)

	Kansas City Chamber Orchestra - Featured Performer Biographies
		Leon Fleisher, pianist and conductor, is a native of San Francisco, where he began his keyboard studies at 4 and gave his first public recital at 8.
		Leon Fleisher holds honorary doctorates from The Julliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Towson University and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
		Fleisher was the featured soloist on our Glorious Getaway Concert on September 12, 2003.
	www.kcchamberorchestra.org /performers.html (2309 words)

	Maestro Leon Fleisher Uses 'Two Hands' to Thank NIH, January 4, 2005 NIH Record - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		"There is always hope," said internationally renowned classical pianist Maestro Leon Fleisher during a recent visit to NIH to give thanks — in performance — for the innovative treatment he received at NIH and to the NINDS physicians and scientists who helped to reverse his condition.
		One of NIH's inspirational stories, Fleisher spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of scientists, patients, staff and visitors gathered in Masur Auditorium about his experiences with a common, but little known disorder called dystonia — including his eventual diagnosis, his treatment at NIH and his recent comeback to two-handed performances.
		After several misdiagnoses and years of frustration, in 1991 Fleisher was properly diagnosed with focal hand dystonia — a form of the disorder that afflicts about 10,000 musicians worldwide but can strike anyone who uses his or her hands to perform repetitive tasks.
	www.nih.gov /nihrecord/01_04_2005/story03.htm (893 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: Musical Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fleisher, the master in question, was leading four young musicians through the mystical landscapes of the late sonatas of Schubert.
		He had the advantage of having studied in the nineteen-forties with Artur Schnabel, who was perhaps the sagest pianist of the century—a poet of the instrument, a scholar of the repertory, a master of language.
		Fleisher’s references were sometimes arcane, as when he alluded to the “Toonerville Trolley” comic strip, which stopped running in 1955, or when he asked one student playing a meditative passage for “a chakra point below the navel.” Even his most fanciful images, however, had a precise application.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/music/?040419crmu_music (1291 words)

	R o l f i n g® i n t h e M e d i a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While trying all the traditional, and some not so traditional treatments, Fleisher channeled his passion for the piano into teaching, conducting, and performing pieces for the left hand, some written for him by Leon Kirshner, Jean Hasse and Robert Saxton.
		Fleisher was the student of renowned Austrian pianist, Artur Schnabel at 9 years old and made his Carnegie Hall debut at 16.
		Fleisher then redirected his passion for the piano through teaching and conducting at the Tanglewood Music Festival.
	www.rolf.org /media/press-releases/pr5.html (539 words)

	Leon Fleisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Equally renowned as a pianist and conductor, Leon Fleisher is a native of San Francisco, where he began his keyboard studies at the age of four and gave his first public recital at the age of six.
		On hearing him three years later, Artur Schnabel broke a long-standing rule against teaching children and became Leon's mentor and close friend for 10 years, passing along to him traditions of pianism handed down in an unbroken line from Beethoven to Czerny and from Czerny to Leschetizsky, who had been Schnabel's own teacher.
		In 1944, at age 16, Leon made his debut with The New York Philharmonic, playing the Brahms D Minor Concerto in a performance under Pierre Monteux.
	www.koger.sc.edu /leon.html (326 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fleisher was afflicted with dystonia at the pinnacle of his career — at age 35, and the loss of movement not only affected his performance career but also proved to be a serious impediment on everyday tasks.
		Fleisher is now celebrating his return to two-handed playing with a worldwide tour, which includes performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and a concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in Germany.
		Also this year, Fleisher will record — for the first time in more than 40 years — a two-handed solo CD on Artemis Records’ Vanguard Classics imprint; he will donate a portion of the proceeds to Musicians with Dystonia and the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation.
	www.dystonia-foundation.org /info/freedom_to_play.asp (248 words)

	Leon Fleisher Recital - Bach/Brahms, Scriabin, Saint-Saens : Popular Music Mon Jul 18 19:41:35 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Leon Fleisher made this recording in 1991, several years before he regained the ability to play with both hands.
		If Fleisher doesn't quite eclipse memories of Simon Barere in the Blumenfeld Étude, his playing is always musical and technically sound, especially in the difficult Brahms transcription, the best performance of this arrangement ever recorded.
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