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For health reasons, conductor James Levine has withdrawn from his appearances at this summer's Verbier Festival and Academy in the Swiss Alps. ...MORE Playbillarts
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Leon Fleisher (born July 23, 1928) is an American pianist and conductor.
He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studying the piano at age 4. He made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16. He studied with Artur Schnabel. WIKI Bio | Leon Fleisher on CDs
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Even as the New York Philharmonic has named a young, fast-rising American talent to be its next music director, the orchestra has engaged the services of a top-of-the-profession veteran in the mold of Lorin Maazel and Kurt Masur, the Philharmonic's current music director and his predecessor.
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Mr. Hadley had been in the hospital since July 10, when he was admitted after shooting himself with an air rifle at his home in Clinton Corners, N.Y., according to New York police. On Monday, he was removed from life support and given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church. ...SF Gate.com
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LATEST: Celebrated tenor JERRY HADLEY has received the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church and his life support has been removed. The singer was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York last week (10Jul07) for a gunshot wound to the head which police say was self-inflicted. He has been on a life support machine in hospital ever since. Hadley suffered apparent self-inflicted brain damage after shooting himself in the head with an air rifle at his house in Clinton Corners, New York, according to The New York Times. Hadley won three Grammy Awards and appeared on recordings including Candide, Show Boat and Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (at Carnegie Hall). Sources claim financial issues led to Hadley attempting suicide.
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