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Apr 20, 2008
"It is incontestable that music induces in us a sense of the infinite and the contemplation of the invisible." --Victor de LaPrade
A Pianist Like No Other
"When I arrive at Derek Paravicini's home, he is giving a glittering rendition of Cole Porter's "It's De-Lovely" on his shiny, black piano. When I leave three hours later, he is being spoon-fed lunch from a plastic bowl. Derek is 27, blind, has severe learning difficulties, cannot dress or feed himself -- but play him a song once, and he will not only memorize it instantly, but be able to reproduce it exactly on the piano. One part of his brain is wrecked; another has a capacity most of us can only dream of. He speaks through the keyboard ... The piano is his world -- and his salvation." So begins this inspiring article from the Guardian about a remarkable young man and his gift of music.
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