1. Derek Paravicini was born on 26 July 1979 and is an English savant pianist.
18 Facts About Derek Paravicini
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On 26 July 1979, Paravicini was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, He was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks, along with a twin sister who did not survive birth.
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Derek Paravicini was blinded by an overdose of oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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Derek Paravicini is considered to be on the autism spectrum.
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Derek Paravicini has absolute pitch and can play any piece of music after hearing it once.
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Derek Paravicini began playing the piano at the age of two when his nanny gave him an old keyboard.
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Derek Paravicini's parents arranged for him to attend the Linden Lodge School for the Blind in London.
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At age seven, Derek Paravicini gave his first concert, at Tooting Leisure Centre in South London.
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In 1989, at the age of nine, Derek Paravicini had his first major public concert at the Barbican Hall in London where he played with the Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra.
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Derek Paravicini was interviewed twice by Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes.
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Derek Paravicini was featured a second time by 60 Minutes on 14 March 2010.
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On 26 August 2010, Derek Paravicini was featured on the History Channel's Stan Lee's Superhumans.
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On 9 March 2013, Derek Paravicini appeared with Adam Ockelford at TEDxWarwick.
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On 27 December 2017, Derek Paravicini was featured on an episode of Mind Field with Michael Stevens.
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Derek Paravicini is the son of Nicolas Vincent Somerset Derek Paravicini and Mary Ann Parker Bowles, sister of Andrew Parker Bowles.
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Derek Paravicini is the grandson of Vincent Rudolph Paravicini and his wife Elizabeth Hope, Baroness Glendevon, a great-grandson of author W Somerset Maugham and great-great-grandson of Thomas John Barnardo.
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Derek Paravicini's cousins include food writer Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes, the children of Queen Camilla and her ex-husband.
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On 13 May 2010, Derek Paravicini made legal history when the United Kingdom's last remaining secret court was opened for the first time to discuss his future care.