A native of Minnesota, Katherine Jacobson Fleisher's
performing career as soloist, duo-pianist and chamber musician, has
received international critical acclaim. Her Carnegie Hall
debut in 2004 with piano duo partner Leon Fleisher was
praised in the New York Times for its "abundant
musicality and refined technique".
Orchestras with which she has performed as soloist include
the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra at Ravinia, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre National d'ile de France, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and
the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Portugal. In 2010, she will
tour Ireland with the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Together with Leon Fleisher, she recently recorded the Concerto
for Two Pianos, K.242 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with
the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. (Sony Records)
Concert engagements have taken her to Europe, Norway, Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Mexico and Canada as well as the United States.
In 2011, she will return to Japan for a solo recital and orchestral
engagement.
Ms. Jacobson Fleisher is an active supporter of animal rights, and
regularly gives benefit concerts for animal rescue organizations.
Currently, she serves on the chamber music faculty at
the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins
University.
