Born in San Francisco,LEON FLEISHERmade his Carnegie Hall debut at sixteen. He wasMusical Americarsquo;s Instrumentalist of the Year in 1994; the subshy;ject of the 2006 Oscar-nominated short documentaryTwo Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story; and a 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree. He continues to tour the world on an ambitious performance schedule. A Yale graduate,ANNE MIDGETTEreviewed classical music for theNew York Timesbefore becoming chief classical music critic for theWashington Post.
Herbert Breslin has been a classical music publicist and manager for many of the greatest performers of our time for the past 40 years. Anne Midgette is a regular reviewer of classical music for the New York Times and has also contributed to Opera News and the Wall Street Journal.