29, with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle. This work was written in 1923, for Paul Wittgenstein, who disliked and refused to play it. However, he had sole performing rights and kept the score, not allowing any other pianists to play it. The manuscript was discovered among his papers after the death of his widow in 2002. On October 2, 2005, Fleisher played the American premiere of the work, with the San Francisco Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt. In 2012, at the invitation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fleisher performed at the Supreme Court of the United States. He continued to be involved in music, both conducting and teaching for more than 60 years at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto; he was also closely associated with the Tanglewood Music Center. With Dina Koston, he co-founded and co-directed the Theater Chamber Players in 1968–2003, which was the first resident chamber ensemble of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Pedagogy. His students include Frank Lévy, André Watts, Yefim Bronfman, Hélène Grimaud, Louis Lortie, Dina Koston, Jonathan Biss, Nicholas Angelich, and Joel Fan. His memoir, My Nine Lives, co-written with the Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette, came out in November 2010. Death Fleisher died in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 2, 2020, at age 92. Awards and recognition 1952: Gold medal of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 1992: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1994: Instrumentalist of the Year, by Musical America President's Medal of the Johns Hopkins University 2006: Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture of the French government 2007: Kennedy Center Honors 2010: Instrumentalist of the Year, by the Royal Philharmonic Society Honorary doctorates Towson State University Boston Conservatory University of Cincinnati Cleveland Institute of Music San Francisco Conservatory of Music St. Olaf College Amherst College Juilliard School of Music Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Discography Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection, Sony Classical Records, 2013 Mozart: Piano Concertos, including 2008 recordings of the Piano Concertos in A major, K. 414 and K 488, with Fleisher soloist and as conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and of the concerto K. 242 with Katherine Jacobson Fleisher (his wife) as second pianist. Sony BMG Masterworks, 2009 Schubert: Sonata in B-flat major, D.960 / Ländler (original