Classical preview: Leon Fleisher, London

In the 1950s and early 60s, Leon Fleisher was one of the USA's leading pianists, much admired in concerts and recordings especially of Beethoven and Brahms. In 1964 he contracted a neurological condition that prevented him using his right hand, and, for the next 40 years, Fleisher taught, conducted and made occasional appearances as a soloist in those few works composed for piano left hand only. Then in 2005, thanks to a combination of exercises and botox injections, he was able to regain contro...

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