Leon Fleisher to receive 2007 Kennedy Center honors.

Leon Fleisher to receive 2007 Kennedy Center honors. Pianist Leon Fleisher 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. , 2001 MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)Achievement Award recipient, willbe honored December 2, 2007, on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage asa 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree. The Honors Gala will be recorded forbroadcast on the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Network on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, at 9 P.M.for the 30th consecutive year as a two-hour prime-time special. Fleisherwill be honored along with actor and writer Steve Martin Noun 1. Steve Martin - United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)Martin , singer DianaRoss, film director Martin Scorsese and songwriter Brian Wilson.