Daniel interviews pianist Leon Fleisher. In the 1950's and 60's, Fleisher was performing on the concert circuit with some of the best orchestras. But then in 1965 his performing career came to a halt when his right hand stopped functioning because of a repetitive motion injury. For the past 30 years, he's been teaching piano at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and occasionally performing and recording piano works for the left-hand. Recently, he started performing again with both hands - and he performs for us at his Baltimore practice studio.
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