Posted February 24, 2010, 12:49 pm
In the next Growing Bolder Insider: He was a piano prodigy, making his concert debut at age 6 and playing Carnegie Hall at 16. By the time he was 24, Leon Fleisher was the most sought after soloist in the world. But, he was attacked by a rare neurological disease and suddenly lost the use of his right hand. So Fleisher became a one-handed concert pianist and waited for a cure. He waited over 30 years. At the age of 67, he returned triumphantly to Carnegie Hall playing his first two-handed concert in nearly 4 decades. Now 81, Fleisher is still performing, conducting and teaching.
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In the next Growing Bolder Insider: He was a piano prodigy, making his concert debut at age 6 and playing Carnegie Hall at 16. By the time he was 24, Leon Fleisher was the most sought after soloist in the world. But, he was attacked by a rare neurological disease and suddenly lost the use of his right hand. So Fleisher became a one-handed concert pianist and waited for a cure. He waited over 30 years. At the age of 67, he returned triumphantly to Carnegie Hall playing his first two-handed concert in nearly 4 decades. Now 81, Fleisher is still performing, conducting and teaching.
© 2006-2012. Growing Bolder Media Group. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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