Leon Fleisher

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Charles Trumbull
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 30, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 29, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 19, 2023
	He died on August 2, 2020.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 03, 2020
	Modified link of Web site: The Kennedy Center - Biography of Leon Fleisher.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Nov 23, 2017
	Add new Web site: Naxos Classical Music - Biography of Leon Fleisher.	Swati Chopra	Aug 04, 2011
	Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Biography of Leon Fleisher.	Swati Chopra	Aug 04, 2011
	New article added.	Amy Tikkanen	Dec 11, 2008