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Playing the violin left-handed as a right-handed person - Margret on lefty playing due to injury

Bow technique, quite clearly, becomes a handicap if you don't play according to your natural handedness.

Relearning the violin left-handed as a child - Lefty Lelle on her early side switch

The blockages haven't come back since I'm playing left-handed. It's definitely the way it should be now, and that's the biggest advantage.

»For lefties, it is in many ways easier and healthier to play left-handed.« – Prof. Elfriede Stahmer

If the relationship between body and instrument is not harmonious but strained, there is usually something fundamentally wrong. This can be

Playing left-handed in orchestra? Interview with Berlin Philharmonic principal cellist Ludwig Quandt

Prejudices such as, one cannot play left-handed in an orchestra, or orchestras do not accept left-handed players, still persist. Time to

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

International Left-Handers Day: Concert & Street Music

On August 13 we will celebrate the first birthday of Linksgespielt in Frankfurt am Main – and with it all the left-handed musicians out ther

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

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.

Anniversary of Charlie Chaplin's death

Charlie Chaplin died 44 years ago. To this day he’s often the first person to name when it comes to left-handed violin playing. Chaplin...