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Japanese paralympic athlete plays emotive violin piece using her prosthetic arm as the bow【Video】
投稿日 2018年9月18日 11:00:21 (ニュース)
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Paralympic swimmer and nurse Manami Nomura has more talent up her sleeve – a prosthetic violinist’s bow. A perfect fit to play heart-rending melodies!
Shizuoka native Manami Nomura is no ordinary young woman.
As a high school student, she set her heart on becoming a nurse to help the sick – but then, during her college studies, she was caught up in a traffic accident that amputated her right arm. She became the first nurse in Japan to receive prosthetic surgery, and on graduation worked with rehabilitating patients through swimming and water activities. Fast forward a few years, and she became well known as a serious competitor in the paralympic women’s swimming scene, scoring from eighth to second in a number of different breastroke and butterfly races.
▼ Manami placed fourth in the paralympic 100m breaststroke in 2008
But that’s not all Manami can do. Equipped with a special prosthetic that comes with its own violinist’s bow, she can perform incredible pieces of music. She skillfully manipulates the bow with her shoulder while her other hand supports the weight of the instrument.
The video shows her performing the “Theme of Marco and Gina” from lesser-known Studio Ghibli hit Porco Rosso.
Her performance followed a speech she gave at a sports meet in Awaji for children to empathize with and play in the style of disabled athletes. Manami often goes to conferences, talks and daily events to tell the story of her successes and perform pieces on the violin. Her delicate touch with the violin teases out exquisite, emotional sounds that take the listener on a journey; it feels like you’re feeling her courage and determination though her music.
▼ Manami performs with her prosthetic arm, which is cast in a gorgeous pearlescent purple
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▼ The auditorium is filled with children from Minami Awaji on a day to learn about and experience paralympic sports
Manami has more videos of her spirited performances, including one from a recent performance in Hyogo on September 2.
▼ Here she brings her personal touch to the song “Thread” by Miyuki Nakajima
With her unstoppable enthusiasm, beautiful smile and bevy of finely honed talents, Manami is one of the shining stars of the Japanese sports world and elevates it higher and higher with every performance. Between her, tennis prodigy Naomi Osaka and the skating successes of Mao Asada and her sister, Japan’s young female athletes – and young violinists! – have a lot of great role models ahead of them.
Source: Laughing Squid, Toyama Association of Occupational Therapists, Facebook/Kazushige Masuda
Images: Facebook/Kazushige Masuda
Source: SORA NEWS24
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