Photo: Jude Kofie (from his YouTube page) | TheGrio Staff | Jude Nyame Yie Kofie made headlines last year after his family discovered the autistic 11-year-old is a piano savant who can play almost anything by ear. When piano tuner Bill Magnusson of Colorado saw a local news story about Jude and heard him play, he decided to pay it forward by gifting the boy a $15,000 grand piano — $45,000 estimated worth, CBS News reports. Magnusson will also tune the instrument once a month for the rest of his life.
“All for free,” Jude’s father, Isaiah told CBS News. “Who does that?”
It was about a year and a half ago when Isaiah discovered his son’s musical talents. Jude was playing an old keyboard in the basement of the family home, much to his father’s astonishment, as no one taught the child how to play.
“I was here watching the news when I heard him play something,” said Isaiah in a 2022 interview with Denver 7 News. “So I grabbed my phone, went down there, and was like, ‘Jude, play that again.’”
Jude reportedly taught himself how to play piano, by ear, in just one year.
“It’s a miracle,” Jude said of his musical ability to CBS News.
Magnusson told the outlet that he was moved by the family’s story of migrating from Ghana and Jude’s parents raising their four children while financially supporting other family members in their home country.
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11-year-old Piano Savant Jude Kofie Receives Grand Piano From Stranger
