DJ Ha

DJ Ha is a pianist who studied with late Alexandra Vinokurov and Aleksei Nasedkin. In his youth he was injured with a stroke, but thanks to discovering music of Leopold Godowsky, he resumed playing, this time with five fingers of left hand alone. Instead of focusing on what he missed (use of right hand, accompanying, chamber music), he now makes up in teaching (now teaching AMEB exams, and leisure) and composing.

To reach DJ, write to 2806djha at gmail dot com 

Rearranging existing 2-hand repertoire into single-hand: 
Most piano composers write for normal healthy pianists with normal ten fingers. I have a challenge transcribing melody and bass and inner chords into five compact fingers. Luckily I had a precedent of Godowsky doing just that. Studying Godowsky’s arrangements of ‘studies’ on Chopin’s ‘studies’, helped me a lot in transcribing ethnic and exotic composers I treasure such as Azerbaijani Amirov and Armenian Babadjanian.