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A blind pianist and composer shares his daily routine, balancing musical performances with rock climbing. His story highlights resilience and passion.
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How a Blind Pianist Spends a Day Performing and Rock Climbing By Nancy A. Ruhling Aug. 30, 2025 Ivan Dalia, a pianist and composer who merges jazz with classical and world music, was born blind. It was tough for him growing up in a working-class family in Teverola, Italy, a small town near Naples that he describes as βa concrete jungle in the countryside.β He spent the early years of his life in and out of hospitals and doctorsβ offices in Italy and the Soviet Union, where his father had heard there were experimental treatments. But once he started playing on a toy keyboard at 6 years old, his whole world opened up. βI was nervous and angry and getting into fights, because I couldnβt see,β he said. βMusic quieted me.β By 9 he was studying piano, and under the tutelage of a blind musician he learned to read music in Braille. When he was 11, he decided he wanted to be a piano player. As soon as he learned the blues scale, he began to improvise. βThis meant I didnβt have to memori...
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