10 Extraordinary Personalities With Disabilities

#7 Ludwig van Beethoven – 1770
Disability: Deaf

He is one of the legendry musicians of all time and would remain as the greatest influential composers in the years to come. Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and gave his first public performance as a pianist when he was only 8 years old.  By his mid- twenties he gained a reputation as a great pianist known for unpredictable and brilliant improvisations. He is considered as one of the giants of classical music

In 1796, he was losing his hearing and it began to deteriorate eventually and lost hearing completely and was deaf during his last days. 9th Symphony, the 5th Piano Concerto, the Late Quartets, the Violin Concerto, and his Missa Solemnis, are some of Beethoven’s finest works. He has composed number of piano compositions and wrote significant quantity of chamber music and has worked on dozen of various combinations of wind instruments.

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