Lisa Spector
Piano
About
While I didn't graduate from Juilliard to perform home concerts, I can't imagine performing for a more appreciative audience than groupmuse. I've absolutely loved the intimacy of playing for audiences in home recitals for over 20 years. It allows me to combine my skills as a concert pianist with my love of educating, as I invite the audience to learn a little about the music they are hearing and enjoy it more thoroughly. I also tie in my own personal experience with that composer, i.e. visiting Chopin's birth home in Żelazowa Wola.
I'm currently recovering from four hand surgeries after a fall left me with seven fractures in my right hand. (Read full story here... http://bit.ly/2oIUjZL) While healing, I'm loving performing left hand repertoire, especially opening my programs with the Brahms left hand arrangement of the Bach Chaconne, originally written for violin. I play music with my heart, no matter how many hands are on the keys.
Music
MUSIC FOR LEFT HAND ALONE:
Bach Chaconne arranged by Brahms
Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne Op. 9
Zach Gulaboff Davis Nocturne No. 2
Chopin-Godowsky Etude Op. 25 No. 1 A flat Major
Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphoses
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MY FAVORITE ROMANTICS
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 E Flat Major Schubert
5 Etudes Chopin
Op. 10 No. 1 C Major
Op. 10 No. 3 E Major
Op. 10 No. 12 C minor, “Revolutionary”
Op. 25 No 1 A flat Major, “Aeolian Harp”
Op. 25 No. 2 F minor
Scherzo Op. 54 E Major Chopin
Fantasies Op. 116 Brahms
No. 1 Capriccio in D minor
No. 2 Intermezzo in A minor
No. 3 Capriccio in G minor
Preludes Op. 23 Rachmaninoff
No. 4 D Major, No. 5 G minor
Virtuoso Etudes Gershwin-Wild
Embraceable You
The Man I Love
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Videos
Audio
Scriabin Nocturne for Left Hand Only
Past groupmuses (13)
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Saturday, Feb 12, 2022 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: East Palo Alto
- Composers: Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Godowsky
- Instruments: Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 3 years ago
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Virtual Masterclass
Dog Gone Calm: Groupmuse's 1st Concert for Dogs
Sunday, May 2, 2021 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Chopin, Schumann
- Instruments: Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Sunday, Mar 28, 2021 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Composers: Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, Cecile Chaminade
- Instruments: Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago
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Virtual Masterclass
Winning the Mind Game for Amateur and Professional Musicians
Sunday, Jan 10, 2021 2:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Composers: Chopin, Godowsky
- Instruments: Solo piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened almost 4 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Saturday, Aug 29, 2020 6:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Montara, Ca
- Composers: Amy Beach, Zach Gulaboff Davis, Gershwin
- Instruments: Solo piano
- Price: Free to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened about 4 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
[Livestream] An Evening of Piano for One and Two Hands on a 9' Steinway Concert Grand
Saturday, Mar 28, 2020 6:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: San Francisco
- Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Davis
- Instruments: Piano Music for One and Two Hands
- Price: Free to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 4 years ago
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Friday, Feb 28, 2020 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: South of Market, San Francisco
- Composers: Shostakovich - Mozart - Wagner
- Instruments: Two Pianos
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 4 years ago
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Muse on Webster V — Solo Piano by Lisa Spector
Saturday, Feb 1, 2020 7:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Professorville, Palo Alto
- Composers: Bach, Brahms, Scriabin, Chopin, Gershwin
- Instruments: Piano - Music for (mostly) left hand
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 5 years ago
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Sunday, Mar 31, 2019 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Sunday, Oct 21, 2018 7:00 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Waban
- Composers: Bach, Brahms, Scriabin, Godowsky
- Instruments: Left Hand Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Saturday, Jun 9, 2018 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Kensington, CA
- Composers: Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Godowsky
- Instruments: Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago
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1st Piano Groupmuse for Left Hand Only
Friday, May 25, 2018 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Lincoln Highlands, Oakland
- Composers: Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Godowsky
- Instruments: Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago
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All-American Piano Recital: Red, White, and Rhapsody in Blue!
Saturday, Jun 24, 2017 6:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Upper Civic Center, SF
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago