Teen Makes History with Single-Handed Piano Exam Success

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Freya Terris, a 17-year-old from Lisburn, has become the first pianist ABRSM is aware of to pass Grade 8 piano with a repertoire solely for the left hand, following an injury that affected her right hand.

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