The Prodigious Pianist Edith Fischer, at Age 90: “People Are Watching, Not Listening, and They Don’t Know Much About Communicating Anymore”

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Edith Fischer’s first toy (Santiago, 90) was a piano. Her parents, the Dutch violinist Zoltan Fischer and Chilean pianist Elena Waiss, a teacher of generations, sat her in front of the instrument and she entertained herself by pressing the keys. Since then, she has never stopped. She calculates that the maximum she has been without playing is 10 days. “I have trouble imagining the day I get up without thinking what I’m going to study today,” she…