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Outlook: Did a lightning strike make me a trombonist?

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22/04/2024 GMT

Did a lightning strike make me a trombonist?

BBC World Service - Outlook, Did a lightning strike make me a trombonist?

After being struck by lightning in 2005, Laura was consumed by a hunger to play music

Laura Impallomeni was struck by lightning while travelling in Kerala in 2005. In the days that followed she was consumed by a hunger to play music, changing the course of her life

Laura Impallomeni was struck by lightning while travelling in Kerala in 2005. In the days that followed she was consumed by an obsessive hunger to play a musical instrument, changing the course of her life.
 
Now a professional jazz trombonist with her own quintet, Laura reflects on the part the lightning strike may have played in the achievement of her ambitions.

Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Christina Hardinge

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(Photo: Trombonist Laura Impallomeni. Credit: Mark Lord Photography)

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