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Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer.He was born blind due to microphthalmia.Tsujii performs extensively, with a large number of conductors and orchestras, and has received critical acclaim for his unique techniques for learning music and performing with an orchestra while being unable to see.
He began playing the piano at the age of two when his nanny gave him an old keyboard. His parents arranged for him to attend the Linden Lodge School for the Blind in London. On his introductory visit to the school, in the music room he broke free from his parents, then headed straight for a piano being played. He pushed the player aside to take ...
Matthew Whitaker (born April 3, 2001) is an American jazz pianist. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder's induction into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame.
Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins (May 25, 1849 – June 14, 1908) was an American pianist and composer. [1] He had numerous original compositions published and had a lengthy and largely successful performing career throughout the United States.
In Charles, Jones found an emerging prodigy, a musician who played a blend of blues, gospel and R&B he’d never heard. The two started playing together, and Charles — blind since he was 7 ...
Oleg Borisovich Akkuratov is a Russian pianist, [1] jazz improviser and singer who has amaurosis – complete blindness.He is a virtuoso performer of jazz and classical works and a laureate of the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation for young cultural workers (2019).
Costco probably isn't a place where you'd expect to watch a performance by a piano prodigy, but a viral video captured the moment that it happened. According to "Fox & Friends," a kid wowed ...
Thrive is a 2015 short documentary film about Matthew Whitaker, a piano prodigy who has been blind since birth. [1] The film was directed and produced by Paul Szynol and has played at festivals worldwide, including North America, Europe, and Asia. The film includes appearances by Jonathan Batiste, Dr Lonnie Smith, and Chad Smith.