AUDIO: Derek Amato has Sudden Savant Syndrome

This is a pretty cool “stranger than fiction” story.  Derek Amato injured his head in a pool about eleven years ago, and a very rare thing happened to him after he recovered.

 

Despite very little formal musical training, Derek was suddenly able to play piano at a professional concert level, equal to anyone in a philharmonic orchestra.

 

 

What’s life like now for a guy who was gifted such musical ability from a brain injury?  Morning Bull investigated Monday morning.

 

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Derek Amato\'s got Sudden Savant Syndrome

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