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World Service,07 Aug 2017,23 mins

Lightning Bolt Made Me a Music Maestro

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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. Image: Lightning strikes Credit: GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images

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