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Nicholas McCarthy. British-born Nicholas McCarthy only began to play the piano at the late age of 14. Born without his right hand, he is one of a few left-handed pianists worldwide and at present is the youngest left-handed pianist. At 17, Nicholas was awarded a place at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and then went on to ...
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. A few years after he started playing, McCarthy was told he would never succeed as a ...
Aug 14, 2012 · By Peter Jackson. BBC News. As a teenager seeking his first place at a school for young pianists, Nicholas McCarthy was refused an audition and told he would never succeed. Having one hand, the ...
Born without his right hand, international award winning concert pianist & motivational speaker, Nicholas McCarthy , shares his talents with the world. (C) Nicholas McCarthy 2019 Twitter
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...
About. Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 without his right hand and only began to play the piano at the late age of 14 after being inspired by a friend playing Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata. Despite having been told that he would never succeed as a concert pianist because of his disability, Nicholas would not be discouraged and went on to study ...
Jul 19, 2016 · Nicholas McCarthy ( @NMcCarthyPiano) was born in 1989 without his right hand and only started to play the piano at the age of 14. He was told he would never succeed as a concert pianist. Fortunately, the doubters were wrong. His graduation from the prestigious Royal College of Music in London in 2012 appeared in press around the world, as he ...
