Derek at TEDx Esher

Come and see Derek at a TEDx event at Esher College on Friday 3rd May! Derek will be joining his mentor Adam Ockelford in a talk which will explore the link between children with special needs and musical talent. Click the link below for more information and tickets...
 
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7109

Derek at the University of California, Irvine.

Derek recently performed at the 2013 UC Irvine Health School of Medicine Gala, "Creativity & Magic: Discovering Tomorrow's Medicine Today", helping to raise $1.26 million to benefit innovative education programmes and groundbreaking medical research at the UC Irvine Health School of Medicine. Read more here...
 
http://www.healthaffairs.uci.edu/health-gala/about-2013.asp

Derek in LA

Here's a photo of Derek playing at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine 2013 Gala

Derek and Adam at TedX Warwick

Here is a link to a video of a talk that Derek and Adam Ockelford gave together earlier this year at TedX Warwick
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1HK7LQY2I

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sonustech has shared a video with you on YouTube In the key of genius: Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford at TEDxWarwick 2013 by TEDxTalks Born prematurely at just 25 weeks, Derek Paravicini has suffered from blindess, learning impairment and severe autism for his entire life. Despite his impairment, Derek has the unique gift of perfect pitch, and is able to play any piece of music after hearing it only once. In 2010, Derek was featured on Stan Lee's "Superhumans", whereupon tests verified his musical ability and confirmed his savantism. He began playing the piano at two, and subsequently attended the Linden Lodge School for the Blind in London. He met a piano instructor, Adam Ockelford, on his first visit to the school; recognising his genius, Adam began to teach him. Derek gave his first concert in South London aged seven. Adam is a Professor of Music at the University of Roehampton, the Chair of Soundabout, a charity supporting music provision for young people and founder of the AMBER Trust, supporting visually impaired children in their pursuit of music. www.tedxwarwick.com In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) Help centre • Email options • Report spam ©2013 YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066