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Leon Fleisher

1928 - 2020

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Leon Fleisher (July 23, 1928 – August 2, 2020) was an American classical pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He was one of the most renowned pianists and pedagogues in the world. Music correspondent Elijah Ho called him "one of the most refined and transcendent musicians the United States has ever produced".Born in San Francisco, Fleisher began playing piano at the age of four, and began studying with Artur Schnabel at age nine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Fleisher has received more than 321,731 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leon Fleisher is the 930th most popular musician (down from 722nd in 2019), the 4,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,670th in 2019) and the 320th most popular American Musician.

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  • 320k

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  • 50.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Leon Fleisher ranks 930 out of 2,662Before him are Trevor Pinnock, Grant Green, John Illsley, Otis Rush, Carl Tausig, and Amy Lee. After him are John Scofield, Rick James, Gary Thain, Rob Zombie, John Mellencamp, and Pink Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Leon Fleisher ranks 273Before him are William Klein, Alexander Gomelsky, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Umberto Maglioli, Julien Guiomar, and Pierre Schoendoerffer. After him are Estelle Harris, Paul Johnson, José Bonaparte, Peter Shirayanagi, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Sergey Kapitsa. Among people deceased in 2020, Leon Fleisher ranks 253Before him are Irina Skobtseva, Guido Messina, Mirza Khazar, Jair Marinho, Cecil Bødker, and Zenon Grocholewski. After him are Kuniwo Nakamura, Pierino Prati, José Bonaparte, Jaswant Singh, Gary Peacock, and Myroslav Skoryk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leon Fleisher ranks 4,558 out of 18,182Before him are Anne Tyler (1941), Billy Paul (1934), Henry Paulson (1946), Movita Castaneda (1916), Richard Linklater (1960), and Amy Lee (1981). After him are Kate Mulgrew (1955), John Scofield (1951), Kent Nagano (1951), Marianne Moore (1887), James Karen (1923), and Willie Mays (1931).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Leon Fleisher ranks 320Before him are Cecil Taylor (1929), J. J. Johnson (1924), Joe Henderson (1937), Grant Green (1935), Otis Rush (1934), and Amy Lee (1981). After him are John Scofield (1951), Rick James (1948), Rob Zombie (1965), John Mellencamp (1951), Pink Anderson (1900), and Gary Peacock (1935).