Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg share more than just their status as tech icons—they are all part of the roughly 10% of the population that is left-handed. And they're far from the ...

Shortly after arriving in the U.S., Perlman made the first of his two appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” giving the first widespread public exposure to the rising violin star, who made his ...

Violinist Itzhak Perlman will perform for one night only at The Chicago ... of Bach's "Chaconne in D Minor," arranged by Brahms and played entirely with the left hand. Remarkable. Then, on the evening ...

TSO Music Director José Luis Gomez raised his hand: “Harrison Ford and ... who idolized Perlman when he was a teen playing violin in Venezuela’s renowned El Sistema music program.

Among all of the great violin concertos, sonatas and other works that populate Itzhak Perlman‘s extensive catalogue, there is one piece that has become his most requested from audiences.

He went from being refused by music teachers who could not think out-of-the-box to studying with giants, like Itzhak Perlman ... the violin. After a lot of rejections, he finally found a teacher, ...

“I don’t think of Judy as” an impresario, Itzhak Perlman said. “I think of her as a friend.” By Daniel E. Slotnik Carol Burnett, Mike Nichols, James Brown, Loretta Lynn and Itzhak ...

The piano however is a more forgiving tool for left-handers, especially as pianists are ... when he was part of the iconic fivesome – alongside Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Itzhak Perlman (violin), ...

Perlman joined Dudamel and the LA Phil to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in 2018, but during a rehearsal ahead of the concert, the two great musicians decided to swap roles. In footage captured ...

An estimated 10% of the world’s population is left-handed. Being a minority, it’s no wonder left-handers are greeted with fascination by others, even getting celebrated on Aug 13 every year on ...

The hand used for intricate key pressings on the piano depends on which composer’s piece is being played. Mozart’s compositions are renowned for having a strong and extremely expressive left hand.

Clinical psychologists, neurologists and neurodevelopmental therapists have cautioned parents against trying to switch a left-handed child to a right-handed one, saying it may lead to ...