Lisa Spector

Piano

Book Lisa Spector for a groupmuse
San Francisco, CA
@LisaSpectorPiano
13 Played at 13 groupmuses!

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)

  • Backyard Music by the Bay

    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 about 2 years ago

  • 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 almost 3 years ago

  • Virtual Livestream

    Women in Music Defying All Odds: Piano Music for One and Two Hands with Music Written By or For Women

    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 about 3 years ago

  • 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 over 3 years ago

  • Virtual Livestream

    Red, White & Rhapsody in Blue

    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 over 3 years ago

  • 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 about 4 years ago

  • Two-piano extravaganza!

    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 about 4 years ago

  • 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 about 4 years ago

  • Embassy Groupmuse

    Sunday, Mar 31, 2019 7:00 PM PDT

    • Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 5 years ago

  • Left Hand Piano

    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 over 5 years ago

  • A Left Hand Piano Concert!

    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 almost 6 years ago

  • 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 almost 6 years ago

  • 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 almost 7 years ago