“What happened was that I watched a friend play Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata and was completely blown away – that really did ignite my passion for music and I haven’t looked back. I wanted to play just like that. I went home and told my parents that I wanted to learn piano and they were incredibly supportive.
Nicholas McCarthy, the one-handed pianist, who will be performing at the Snape Maltings this weekend
- Credit: Nicholas McCarthy
“I started to learn piano and my teachers basically said that I had natural aptitude and perhaps it should be taken further. I loved it. It was very much my thing – which was fortunate because I spent a very long time at the piano practising. My parents were amazing because I don’t come from a musical background at all.”
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