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Nicholas McCarthy is a British classical pianist. Born without a right hand, he was the first left-hand-only pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in London in its 130-year history. McCarthy was raised in Tadworth, Surrey.
Born without his right hand, award winning international pianist, Nicholas McCarthy, only began to play the piano at the late age of 14 after being inspired by a friend playing Beethoven’s ...
One of Britain’s most inspiring pianists, Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 without his right hand and through sheer talent and determination rose above the many obstacles and active discouragement in order to pursue his love of the piano.
Mar 21, 2024 · Nicholas McCarthy is a British classical pianist with, in his words, “a little bit of a difference”. Born without his right hand, McCarthy specialises in left hand alone pianism and is the only one-handed professional concert pianist in the world today.
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Aug 11, 2014 · 1.4K. 113K views 9 years ago. One handed concert pianist performs the monumental Etude Op.25 no.12 'Ocean' by Chopin arranged for left hand alone by Godowsky. ...more. These Chopin/Godowsky...
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Jan 28, 2016 · McCarthy chose music by Scriabin, Chopin and Liszt for the new album, but also an expressive Etude by the late American pianist Earl Wild, an arrangement of the Gershwins' song, "The Man I Love."
Nicholas performs the monumental Prelude Op.23 No.5 by Rachmaninoff in a personal tribute to his piano hero in Paul Wittgenstein's home city. Also the city Wittgenstein debuted as a 2 hand pianist in 1913, one year before loosing his arm in WW1.
