Leon Fleisher Quotes

The First Problem I Had With Conducting Was Coming Out On Stage And Turning My Back On The Audience. It Was An Utterly Foreign Sensation. I Always Felt As If My Rear End Were Hanging Out. That Particular Portion Of My Anatomy Suddenly Seemed Enormous, Living A Life Of Its Own, Engaged In Its Own Relationship With The Public Behind My Back. For The First Couple Of Years I Conducted, I Sat On A Chair In Front Of The Orchestra, To Help Quell That Particular Discomfort.

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