The man behind Ravel's piano concerto for left hand, Paul Wittgenstein, is really the man to thank when it comes to commissioning music for the left hand. He approached Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, and ...

“The biggest misconception that I hear about left hand alone piano is that there’s only a few works for left hand,” McCarthy adds. Citing Ravel’s Left-hand Piano concerto – “a concert I play lots!” – ...

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4; Britten: Diversions for Piano and Orchestra (Leon Fleisher, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Sony … ...

DJ lost the use of the right side of his body and could no longer play piano. Not only was his dream crushed. ... His most enduring commission is Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

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Left-handedness has always gotten a bad rap — witness such expressions as “left-handed compliment,” “out in left field,” or even the word “sinister,” the L… ...

Tateno Izumi Concert pianist specializing in music for left hand only. Born in Tokyo in 1936. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1960.

About five years ago, it would not have occurred to pianist Gary Graffman to play Erich Wolfgang Korngold`s ”Concerto for Piano, Left Hand and Orchestra.”Now, though, if Graffman is to play at ...

2 Britten: Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Another Wittgenstein piece, Britten secured this commission after meeting the pianist at his Manhattan apartment in 1940.

Ravel’s jazz-infused, darkly atmospheric Piano Concerto for the Left Hand also breaks new ground: only one hand plays, though the ear hears all the richness of two.

When Paul Wittgenstein lost his arm in World War I, he convinced famous composers to write music for the left hand alone. That music is still inspiring pianists today.