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The Blind Musicians of Paris

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Since it first opened its doors in 1784, Paris's
L'lnstitut National des Jeunes Aveugles has launched countless of its blind pupils into successful careers. But it's in music that the students have particularly excelled. GaryO'Donoghue returns to the school he first visited as an exchange student, the school where Louis Braille himself was a pupil, to retrace the footsteps of some of its most talented musicians. Producer Michael Surcombe

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Unknown:
Louis Braille
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

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