international poster campaign / dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the great russian composer, pianist and conductor sergei rachmaninoff
christoph stettler
christoph stettler
large hands may not be essential for virtuoso pianists but they must surely be advantageous when playing works by sergei racmaninov (1873-1943). his hands were long and tapering, with a stretch so wide that they covered the keyboard like octopus tentacles. racmaninov could with his left hand stretch C-E-flat-G-C-G and the right could manage C (second finger)-E-G-C-E (thumb under).