Events
Musicians of the Linksgespielt community are on the road with lectures, workshops and training courses for symposia, associations, music universities and schools in Germany and abroad. Find out about our past events below. Upcoming events may be found here.
as part of the lecture series on historical performance practice for the HIP degree programs at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
Oct 1, 2021 online
Lecture: "Auf verkehrte Art" - on playing music left-handed in history
Online lecture for the Historical Performance Practice Working Group Aachen
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“Bow right, viola left” is the motto for string instruments, "left hand up, right hand down" for woodwind instruments and exactly the opposite for the piano. Today, the distribution of hands on instruments is strictly standardized and based on centuries-old traditions. - Or is it?
This lecture sheds light on the history of this standardization, presents 'left-hand playing' exceptions and encourages a discussion of handedness and instrumental playing.
