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Lightning Bolt Made Me a Music Maestro
Tony Cicoria developed a passion for classical music after he was struck by lightning.
In 1994 Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning, and it had the strangest effect on him. Not only did he develop an insatiable desire to listen to piano music - something he'd never been interested in before - but he ended up composing his own sonatas. He tells Outlook's Daniel Gross his remarkable story.
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