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Germany
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music · 1770–1827
Composed the Ninth Symphony while almost completely deaf.
EG
United Kingdom
Evelyn Glennie
Music · b. 1965
Performs barefoot to feel sound through her body.
United States
Stevie Wonder
Music · b. 1950
Signed to Motown at eleven and never stopped creating.
South Africa
Steve Kekana
Music · 1958–2021
Recorded more than forty albums while also qualifying as an advocate and lecturing in labour law.
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Italy
Andrea Bocelli
Music · b. 1958
Trained as a lawyer before becoming a world-famous tenor.
