Pianist Leon Fleisher eventually resumed playing with both hands after an injury sidelined him at age 36. Chris Hartlove/Provided by the artist hide caption
Leon Fleisher
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by John Luther Adams is one of NPR Classical's favorite albums of 2014. Cantaloupe hide caption
Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein (who later became an American citizen) lost an arm in World War I. He commissioned composers including Maurice Ravel to write pieces for the left hand alone. Bettmann/CORBIS hide caption
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a dedicated advocate of classical music. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Yo-Yo Ma picks his favorite albums. Todd Rosenberg/Sony Classical hide caption