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Leschetizky

American  
[lesh-uh-tit-skee] / ˌlɛʃ əˈtɪt ski /

noun

  1. Theodor 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.


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He was a pupil of Leon Fleisher, who studied with Artur Schnabel, who studied with Theodor Leschetizky.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2016

There were kings of the keyboard�DePachmann, Leschetizky, Busoni, D'Albert and famed Conductor-Pianist Arthur Nikisch �playing Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, and their own works.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the great pedagogue Leschetizky, with whom he later went to study in Vienna, tried to discourage him from becoming a pianist, advised him to stick to composition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leschetizky strove courageously to support the improbable theory that the Kingdom of Heaven can be taken by storm.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have not studied with Leschetizky, but I think that he believes in a very low position of the hand and a sort of super-energetic tension of the tendons of the arms and hands.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

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