Blind pianist?

Given the sheer number of blind concert pianists? Definitely...

FR

Ray Charles comes to mind, although that's a different kind of music. I'm sure there are many others.

Yes, of course. Sight is never an impediment to playing most instruments. I mean, most of the musicians I know close their eyes when playing a song they really like.

Drumming, though, that might prove a little more tricky, but yeah, that can be done too. Piano? Definitely.

Blind Musicians

Here's the obligatory Wikipedia link for you. Thought it was a pretty interesting one....

FR

Not only to blind people play piano, but I know at least two blind piano tuners.

WendyNYC said:

Ray Charles comes to mind, although that's a different kind of music. I'm sure there are many others.

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Exactly who I was thinking of.

And then there's Little Stevie Wonder, who's now a balding, middle-aged man.

Appalachian Writer said:

Not only to blind people play piano, but I know at least two blind piano tuners.

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I was absolutely amazed as a child when we had our piano tuned. The gentleman had his wife drive him, since he was blind since birth. Watching him tune the piano and the antique pump organ was extraordinary.

Piano tuning was a skill that used to be taught in schools for the blind, as it was a decently-paying career where keen hearing and a good sense of touch were (and still are) much more important than sight.

This story astonished me. George Shearing was an incredible and famous pianist who was blind, also: you can watch and hear him on YouTube.