The Amazing Life and Abilities of Musical Savant Derek Paravicini

Derek Paravicini is blind, autistic and has severe learning difficulties. Although he finds spoken language and many everyday tasks challenging, he is a fantastically brilliant improvisational pianist who remembers all that he hears. How can such incredible talent co-exist with such severe diability? In this fascinating talk and demonstration, Derek and his mentor Professor Adam Ockelford of Roehampton University discuss Derek's incredible life and musical abilities and take your questions. Derek absolutely loves taking requests and hearing the comments from his social media channels so please do feel free to ask for an interpretation of your favourite pieces! 00:00 Derek's premature birth 02:23 Derek Taught Himself Aged 2 03:35 Cockles and Muscles 04:48 Learning with Adam 05:47 Don't Cry for Me Argentina 05:55 Learning with Adam 08:32 Perfect Absolute Pitch 11:23 Top of the World 13:57 Derek Loves Art Tatum 15:18 Tiger Rag 17:15 Chopsticks with a Volunteer 19:53 Impromptu Violin Duet 25:00 Copying and Transposing 30:00 Derek's Recordings 31:02 Derek Corrects Atonal Music 33:52 Air on a G String 37:35 Response to Different Keys 39:56 Derek Loves Playing Differently 42:40 Paganini Caprice No.24 45:03 How Much Practice? 45:39 How Many Pieces Does Derek Know? 46:17 Does Derek Compose? 47:00 Flight of the Bumblebee on Random Note Subscribe:    / @derekparavicini   Derek's Mindblowing Abilities:    • Who is Derek? / His Incredible Abilities   More Improvised Covers:    • Derek's Amazing Piano Covers   🎵 Follow Derek: 📰📽️🎧  / derekparavicini   - News + Live Requests on Facebook 📽️🎧  / derekparavicinipiano   - More Vids on Instagram 📽️🎧https://derekparaviciniquartet.co.uk - Derek's Amazing Jazz Quartet 📽️🎧https://twitter.com/derekparavicini?l... - Derek on Twitter 📰http://www.derekparavicini.net/ - Concert Dates + General Info 🧑🤝🧑https://www.ambertrust.org/ - The Amber Trust Works with Visualy Impaired Children Through Music #derekparavicini #music #piano #inspiration #motivation #positivevibes #interesting #amazing #awesome #incredible #piano #neurodiversity