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Historically, many blind musicians, including some of the most famous, have performed without the benefit of formal instruction, since such instruction relies extensively on written musical notation. However, today there are many resources available for blind musicians who wish to learn Western music theory and classical notation.
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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.
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. [1] He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
It includes American musicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American musicians with disabilities" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 325 total.
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [1] His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind as a teenager, and his father was a longshoreman. [2] Blind since age five due to glaucoma and cataracts, [3] Roberts started learning the piano at age five by picking out notes on the instrument at his church until his parents bought a piano when he was eight. [2]
This also affected his developing brain, resulting in him having a severe learning disability. [3] He also is considered to be on the autism spectrum. Paravicini has absolute pitch and can play any piece of music after hearing it once [citation needed]. He began playing the piano at the age of two when his nanny gave him an old keyboard.
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).