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Dec 21, 2021 · We interview Rosanne Katon Walden, the mother of Adam Mandela Walden, a young man with autism with remarkable musical talent. At the age of 2 he taught himself harmonica, and to sign opera phonetically. Rosanne nurtured this budding talent and at age 6 bought Adam a thrift store cello, and Adam fell in love with it.
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Adam is a California resident currently in his sophomore year at esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston studying the cello. Adam is not only a wonderful cellist but is also one of the actors who is featured in the HBO documentary, Autism: The Musical! Adam was receiving services from Easterseals California through high school as an ...
Apr 20, 2023 · “Having profound autism is a lot of hard work. I have to work very hard to talk to anyone about anything,” Adam Mandela Walden, cellist and performance major, told listeners on a recent episode of NPR’s From the Top after he performed the intermezzo from Goyescas. “I have autism-related epilepsy. I have 40-plus seizures every day.
Noted for his passionate and expressive performances, Dr. Adam Riggs has played the cello since he was four years old. In addition to his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Colorado Boulder, Adam holds a Master of Music from the Hartt School and a Bachelor of Music, as well as a Diploma in Chamber Music from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada.
Mar 27, 2023 · We meet a 16-year-old double bassist who began studying music when spina bifida made it difficult to keep up with youth sports leagues, a 14-year-old pianist who uses Braille scores to learn his repertoire, a 26-year-old cellist who believes his musical skills are sharpened by his autism, and a 16-year-old pianist with Escobar Syndrome who ...
Adam Mandela Walden (cello), 26, was born in Los Angeles, California and began studying the cello at age 6. Diagnosed with moderate/severe autism and epilepsy at age 3, music has long been a source connection and communication for Adam. Currently, Adam is attending Berklee College of Music/Boston Conservatory at Berklee on a full academic ...
