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 engagements.
 
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. 

Look for Katherine Jacobson Fleisher's dynamic new CD featuring the music of Mozart, Schubert and Scriabin. Coming soon!