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Founded in 1942 by Edith Sullivan Golde - Zelma Bodzin, President
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Upcoming Events:
SUNDAY, January 24, 2021, starting at 2 p.m.
YOUTH CONCERTS NJ, via Zoom
For more information and to enroll your students, please contact Mark Pakman at pakmanm@hotmail.com>.
To pay fees by Paypal, you may click on this Pay Now button.
You may also pay by mailing a check to Young Drago,
at 27-31 90th Street, #2R, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
The check should be made out to The Leschetizky Association
Join the Leschetizky Association! Scroll down for membership information and click on tab for application.
Please view our Calendar of Events for a full list of the Association's offerings.
Dues:
$50 per year
$135 for three-year pre-pay
$500 lifetime
If you would like to help us sponsor performance opportunities for pianists of all ages, please make a donation via the Donate button below, or by check to Young Drago, address at the bottom of this page. Donations made to the Leschetizky Association Debut Fund, Inc., are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The Leschetizky Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Click here for the guidelines for the Youth Concerts and the Gifted Young People's Concerts
Click here for the guidelines for the Members' Musicales and Members' Concert
Click here for the Association's By-Laws
Participants in the June 4, 2017 Youth Concert
Minji Kwon performs Corigliano's "Etude Fantasy" at the 2013 Live Music Benefit; Nils Vigeland introduces his song "There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day" (Walt Whitman)

1. Tom James talks about his piece "Attacco Belle"
2. Sheila Simpson performs "Attacco Belle" at the Live Music By Living Composers Benefit Concert, 2011
3. Gayle Martin Henry performs "To Keep the Dark Away" by Judith Shatin, with Charles E. Gerber, narrator
4. Junko Ichikawa performs "New Pictures at an Exhibition" by Seymour Bernstein, with poems by Owen Lewis
Click on picture to view video
The Association has published a Leschetizky Album - Eleven long-out-of-print piano pieces
by Theodor Leschetizky
Click on cover picture for pdf order form, or here for html version: HTML Order Form
Join the Leschetizky Association today and become a part of this great tradition of pianism,
descended from Czerny and Beethoven, through the virtuoso pianist, composer, and pedagogue

You can contribute to excellence in the performance and teaching of the piano
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Network with musicians committed to upholding Leschetizky’s teaching ideals of beautiful tone production and musical integrity
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Introduce future generations of pianists to this tradition of pianism
Provide your students with opportunities to perform
Join as a Friend and enjoy the programs offered by the Association
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Enjoy free admission to the LA at Tenri Concert Series
The Leschetizky Association Programs The News Bulletin
The Leschetizky Association Venues and Programs
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The Tenri Cultural Institute
at 43A West 13th Street, NYC, a gallery where we house our Steinway "B", a gift from Hilde Wittgenstein, widow of Paul Wittgenstein, who was one of our founding members |
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Montclair State University in New Jersey, and Merkin Hall, Steinway Pianos, Klavierhaus, etc., in New York City
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The Leschetizky Association at Tenri concert series features concert artist members in recital.
The Live Music By Living Composers Concert showcases music by composers active in the New York area and beyond, who frequently attend the event and talk about their music.
The Leschetizky Birthday Concert presents young pianists who embody Leschetizky's principles of piano playing.
The Youth Concerts provide young students the opportunity to practice performance skills.
The Gifted Young People's Concerts
afford pianists age 18 and younger, who are students of members, an opportunity to perform on stage with their peers. The concerts are adjudicated.
The Annual Awards Concert showcases students selected by a panel of judges from those performing on the Gifted Young People’s Concerts.
The Artist Student Recital provides an opportunity for pianists 18 and above, who are rising young artists studying with Leschetizky Association members, to perform in a public recital.
The Teachers Forum meetings offer an opportunity for teachers to meet and discuss teaching techniques.
The Members' Musicales
are informal gatherings where members play for one another to try out their repertoire, at members' studios.
The Concerto Competition 'Theodor Leschetizky' for Gifted Young Pianists,
held every two years, presents a young artist (age 17 and younger) in a New York debut with orchestra, performing a full concerto.
The Master Class Series
features renowned artists and teachers.
 Seymour Bernstein Master Class Featured students: Sarah Palmer, Marcel Rominger, Justin Warren Click on picture to view movie of Mr. Bernstein working with Justin Warren
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The News Bulletin
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Members receive the Association's annual magazine, which includes:
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News of the Association's events of the past year
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Articles about Leschetizky and his musical descendants
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Items from the Archives
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Articles of scholarly and general interest
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Calendar of members' concerts
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Profiles of artist members
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News from members' studios and regional chapters
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The Leschetizky Association also publishes an annual membership directory and maintains the Theodor Leschetizky Archives. We welcome members in the Leschetizky Pianist, Pianist, and Friend categories. To join, please download an application by clicking on the Membership tab to the left, and mail to:
Ms. Young Drago
37-21 90th Street, Apt 2R
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Contact: Young Drago or Alison Thomas at tleschetizky@gmail.com
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