“I had the idea of exploring the left hand repertoire, with 600 pieces, a few years ago when I first studied Ravel’s Concerto pour la main gauche. The idea that the playing of just five fingers could sound like two hands seemed like an extraordinary wonder to me.

But a number of composers have managed to take up the challenge with exceptional talent. These works display the left hand’s vast capacities. At its best, it can make the piano sound like a full orchestra, by using the positioning of its fingers, its natural flexibility, and its powerful range in the keyboard’s low notes.” – Maxime Zecchini

Program

ASIA

Takashi Yoshimatsu, Ainola Lyrical Ballads opus 95

EUROPE

Jules Massenet, Méditation de Thaïs

Maurice Ravel / Zecchini, Concerto pour la main gauche, solo piano version

OCEANIA

Phillip Wilcher, Deux Nocturnes en mi mineur

AFRICA

David Kosviner, Cicada Rhythms

AMERICA

Jérôme Kern, All the things you are

John Barry, Out of Africa

John Williams, Jurassic Park

Justin Hurwitz, Suite sur La La Land