My Nine Lives : A Musical Memoir (Paperback)

from cvjacobs

Leon Fleisher and Anne Midgette have collaborated on the story of Fleisher's life entitled My Nine Lives-A memoir of Many Careers in Music. This stunning account begins with Fleisher's recollections of his childhood. It was the typical story of a child prodigy. Piano lessons at four, solo recital...

from datrappert

A very compelling autobiography that provides many insights into Fleisher's approach to music and certain pieces in particular, woven into his story of being first a child prodigy, then the student of the great Artur Schnabel, losing the use of the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand just ...

from anna_in_pdx

My parents are from Ohio and my mother was an usher for the Cleveland Symphony when George Szell conducted. As this book discusses at some length, Leon Fleisher's early career included lots of recordings with Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. We owned most of these recordings and I grew up liste...

from vpfluke

Leon Fleisher writes a very affecting biography of his life in the music world. He was riding a great performance as a pianist as a world-renowned pianist, when it all toppled with a dystonia that so severely cramped his right hand, he could not play the piano with it for decades. The book is div...

from epivet

An interesting memoir from someone on the frontline of classical music for decades. The most fascinating bits are the Master Class chapters, where Fleisher leaves off the autobiography and talks about the musical pieces that have meant the most to him. Almost as enjoyable are the stories of great...