Brazilian piano legend plays again thanks to ‘magic’ gloves
Days before Christmas, acclaimed pianist João Carlos Martins ran to a Sao Paulo bar to show off his new gloves to friends. They were seemingly magical, enabling the 79-year-old to play songs on his Petrof piano with both hands for…
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Conversation: Jazz Musician Jason Moran
Jeffrey Brown talks to jazz musician Jason Moran.
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Conversastion: Pianist Jonathan Biss
Jeffrey Brown talks to pianist Jonathan Biss.
In the 1960s, piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher lost the use of his right hand due to a condition called focal dystonia, but he focused on teaching and continued to play pieces designed for one-handed pianists. Jeffrey Brown and Fleisher discuss…
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