golden bee special project – rachmaninoff 150

international poster campaign / dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the great russian composer, pianist and conductor sergei rachmaninoff
christoph stettler

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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).