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'Magic' gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again

by Associated Press
| January 25, 2020 12:05 AM

SAO PAULO (AP) — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gift he'd received in years: a new pair of bionic gloves that are letting the 79-year-old play with both hands for the first time in more than two decades.

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