Derek Paravicini is not only amazingly talented but also absolutely adorable. If you have seen his first 60 Minutes interview (on Youtube in five parts, Derek Paravicini - The Musical Genius) and do not love him, you most likely suck at life. This comes straight from Wikipedia -- feel free to change it: Derek Paravicini (born 26 July 1979) is a blind English autistic savant and a musical prodigy. He currently lives in Surrey, England. Paravicini was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks. (A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.) His blindness was caused by oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit. This also affected his developing brain, resulting in his severe learning disability. He also developed autism. He has absolute pitch and can play a piece of music after hearing it once. He began playing the piano by the age of two. His parents arranged for him to attend the Linden Lodge School for ... Read >

Derek Paravicini is not only amazingly talented but also absolutely adorable. If you have seen his first 60 Minutes interview (on Youtube in five parts, Derek Paravicini - The Musical Genius) and do not love him, you most likely suck at life. This comes straight from Wikipedia -- feel free to change it: Derek Paravicini (born 26 July 1979) is a blind English autistic savant and a musical prodigy. He currently lives in Surrey, England. Paravicini was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks. (A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.) His blindness was caused by oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit. This also affected his developing brain, resulting in his severe learning disability. He also developed autism. He has absolute pitch and can play a piece of music after hearing it once. He began playing the piano by the age of two. 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, and then pushed the player, Adam Ockelford, aside to take over. Ockelford encouraged him and arranged first weekly and then daily lessons.[1][2] In 1989, at the age of nine, Paravicini had his first major public concert at the Barbican Hall in London when he played with Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra. More opportunities followed, including playing at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.[2] Paravicini is a resident at the Royal National Institute of the Blind.[2] During the same year, Paravicini was the main subject of a documentary called Musical Savants. He was featured on an episode of Five TV's Extraordinary People in an episode titled "The Musical Genius", which showed his journey to Las Vegas to play in a charity concert with another savant, Rex Lewis-Clack. He was interviewed twice by Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes.[1] In 2009 he was one of the subjects of the NOVA series' episode, "Musical Minds," featuring neurologist Oliver Sacks, on PBS.[3] He was featured a second time by 60 Minutes on 14 March 2010.[4] Show Less <