Lesley Stahl catches up with Derek Paravicini, an extraordinary savant with an incredible musical talent.
Derek Paravicini: Extraordinary Savant
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I always find savants really remarkable.
Personally I would be interested in seeing a PET and fMRI scan when they are doing what it is what they are doing and compare it to a “normal” person doing the same thing. I am so curious as to see if the same areas of the brain become active. But how to fit a grand piano in an fMRI that’s tricky.
I’d love to know how he’s taught.
I have seen this guy on TV before but his skill never ceases to amaze me. I am a professional musician and my brain can’t even comprehend how this is humanly possible…. Incredible!
The difficulty of relaying such a fascinating mind and body connection boggles me. Whether or not his tune was his future or his present is difficult to assimilate given the genius within instance. Instance within itself is a gift that he both attains and does not. An artist of the senses is the positive that us artists are in constant struggle with. It saddens me that he has such a battle with the overload of sensory input.
i remember this guy – INCREDIBLE
This is amazing!
Actually I don’t believe in talents but this makes me think about my theory…
Some day, someone will be born who can do this sort of thing and isn’t somehow disabled. They will rule the world.
Surely his blindness has focused his autistic savant abilities upon his hearing. There is a documentary on Youtube which shows more about him and his life. There is another video where someone asks him to play Beethoven’s Fur Elise in the style of Mozart.
Truly amazing.
Wonderful. As someone who has been taught piano in the past, I find someone who can play like this from ear & in different styles truly amazing.
LC x
I’ve read about a lot of amazing people on this blog, but I think he has to be the most amazing.
Mwaah jealousss…truly wonderfull and creative bliss!
Wow . . . you want to be him and have that talent. But then again the poor guy is disabled. Even though with that talent I wouldn’t mind it that much. Now that is true passionate talent. x
The cognitive capability of the human brain is astonishing. Understanding how the genetic switches are thrown and neural connections are made in brain’s such as Derek’s will open up vast areas of research in psychology, cognition, personality and identity, talents, learning and information acquisition, to name but a few. I am glad that Derek can express himself so beautifully and has the opportunity to do so, too.