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Leon Fleisher

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American conductor and pianist (1928–2020)

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Leon Fleisher (born July 23, 1928 - died August 2, 2020) is an American pianist and conductor. He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studying the piano at age 4. He made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16; Monteux famously called him "the pianistic find of the century." He became one of the few child virtuosos to be accepted for study with Artur Schnabel. He made a <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leon+Fleisher"

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  1. A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

    · 1957 · cited 17,082x

  2. A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

    · 1954 · cited 14,493x

  3. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

    · 2022 · cited 13,923x

  4. PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet

    · 2000 · cited 12,105x

  5. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

    · 2017 · cited 8,264x

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