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Tony Averstedt plays the trumpet left-handed

My story of being left-handed started when I was 6 months old, that’s how long it took for my parents to understand the pain I was in...

Mirrored Keyboard on the Electric Piano - My Journey to Left-Handed Identity

The scales fell from my eyes when I became aware of my left-handedness in my advanced adulthood - at over 30.

"Finally I can play with my heart" - Relearned to play the cello left-handed as an adult

Everything was easier - and the feeling! I have become a passionate lefty player and will never play the wrong way around again.

Media reports, busking, concert, exchange – Our Left-Handers Day 2022

None of us had ever played music with other lefty players before, and we were able to pass our instruments around for the very first time

Musica Mancina – An Italian blog about left-handed music

It is always exciting to learn about other projects that are doing great work to spread information about left-handed music to the world.

Playing the left-handed piano – A hands-on experience

On the meaning and importance of the left-handed piano. This article was first published in March 2014 in the PIANONews magazine.

Argentina: 'I couldn't do what they were doing' – Federico Morgan about changing sides on the violin

Federico switched to left-handed violin playing as an adult after having played 'the right way' for 5 years. Learn about his experience here

Turkey: My long search for a left-handed instrument

As a child, Anıl urgently wants to play an instrument. But where on earth can she get a left-handed guitar in 1980s/90s Turkey?

Proud to be unique – India's left-handed music producer

Meet Aswin Sathya, inspiring left-handed music producer and violin player from South India

Lorac's rocky road to becoming a left-handed cellist

Cello student with big goals: Lorac wants to become a professional musician – playing left-handed, of course. Here she shares her story.