"First of all, when you enter a conservatory, it’s already too late. The kind of connection that has to be made with an instrument, be it a piano, strings, a wind instrument, it really has to start much younger – five, six, seven - eight years-old is already getting late. The instrument must really become an extension of yourself. That neuromuscular connection between intention and realization is something that really has to be started very young. And the years between nine or ten and twenty, that’s when one should learn the whole repertoire."
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Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher by Elijah Ho (October 1, 2014)
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Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher (July 23, 1928-August 2, 2020) was an American pianist and conductor.
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