Time: 19:30

Duration: Dec. 5, 2015

Leon Fleisher, the pianist and conductor, was born in San Francisco. Fleisher started studying the piano at age four, and made his public debut at age eight and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16 in 1944. He became one of the few child prodigies to be accepted for study with Artur Schnabel and also studied with Maria Curcio.

Leon Fleisher is particularly well known for his interpretations of the piano concerti of Brahms and Beethoven, which he recorded with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. They also recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25, the Grieg and Schumann piano concertos, Franck’s Symphonic Variations, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

In 1964, Fleisher lost the use of his right hand, due to a condition that was eventually diagnosed as focal dystonia. Fleisher commenced performing and recording the left-handed repertoire while searching for a cure for his condition. In addition, he undertook conducting during this time, serving at one time as Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland.

Leon Fleisher has continued to be involved in music, both conducting and teaching at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and he is also closely associated with the Tanglewood Music Center. With Dina Koston, he co-founded and co-directed the Theater Chamber Players in 1968-2003, which was the first resident chamber ensemble of the Smithsonian Institution and of The Kennedy Center. In 2012, at the invitation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fleisher performed at the Supreme Court of the United States.

In this recital, Leon Fleisher will play the Moonlight from Claude Debussy, the Sheep May Safely Graze from Johann Sebastian Bach and etc.

Add: Beijing Concert Hall, No. 1, Xinhua North St., Xicheng District, Beijing (北京市西城区北新华街1号)

Source: gewara.com