{"id":9102,"date":"2023-01-20T10:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=9102"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:01:35","slug":"11-year-old-autistic-piano-prodigy-goes-viral-after-receiving-a-15000-piano-from-a-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/01\/11-year-old-autistic-piano-prodigy-goes-viral-after-receiving-a-15000-piano-from-a-stranger.html","title":{"rendered":"11-Year-Old Autistic Piano Prodigy Goes Viral After Receiving a $15,000 Piano From a Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9120\" style=\"width: 737px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/01\/jude-kofie-credit-cbs-sunday-morning-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9120\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/01\/jude-kofie-credit-cbs-sunday-morning-youtube.png\" alt=\"jude kofie\" width=\"737\" height=\"559\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBS Sunday Morning\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story of 11-year-old\u00a0piano prodigy\u00a0Jude Kofie warmed hearts on Twitter after a stranger gifted the boy a $15,000 grand piano.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s beyond special. He\u2019s Mozart-level. It\u2019s coming from somewhere beyond,\u201d piano tuner Bill Magnusson said of young Kofie\u2019s musical talent.<\/p>\n<p>Using an inheritance he received from his father, Magnusson gifted a $15,000 grand piano to Kofie after he saw the piano prodigy on local news. Kofie cheered in excitement as the grand piano was wheeled into his Colorado home for the first time in a video shared on the\u00a0CBS News\u00a0show \u201cSunday Morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS \u201cSunday Morning\u201d later summed up Kofie\u2019s story <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSunday\/status\/1612106767453888516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1612106767453888516%7Ctwgr%5E46c2cb3dbf5b2f54617f522abef402971bffec24%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2F11-year-old-autistic-piano-prodigy-goes-viral-after-15000-surprise-gift-from-teacher\">in a tweet<\/a> that went viral with over 10,000 likes. \u201cEleven-year-old Jude Kofie, of Aurora, Colorado, demonstrated a remarkable talent no one anticipated when he discovered an old keyboard and, without any lessons, began playing.\u201d Twitter users reacted to the emotional story, with one reporter calling Jude Kofie and his family \u201camazing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not crying; you\u2019re crying. What a great act of kindness!\u201d Chicago Alderman Gilbert Villegas tweeted. OutKick founder\u00a0Clay Travis\u00a0encouraged his over one million followers to watch the touching story of a young boy able to pursue his love of the piano. \u201cThis story on an 11-year-old Autistic piano prodigy is phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uk50Sp64-5o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ABC affiliate Denver 7 News anchor Danny New shared a picture of him with Jude Kofie and his father, tweeting, \u201cProud to be the \u2018local news story\u2019 that brought these two together. Jude, Bill and Isaiah are all amazing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magnusson was moved to help Kofie after he saw the boy playing the piano in a local news story. However, Magnusson was concerned that Kofie \u2014 who did not receive formal training when he first started playing \u2014 could not afford the support he needed to grow as a piano player.\u00a0\u201cWhat resources are left over to help this special little soul?\u201d Magnusson asked.<\/p>\n<p>Magnusson also promised Kofie\u2019s family that he would tune the piano once a month for the rest of his life.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re family now,\u201d he said.\u00a0Jude Kofie\u2019s father, Isaiah, was shocked at Magnusson\u2019s generosity. \u201cAll for free,\u201d he said. \u201cWho does that?\u201d Jude\u2019s father asked, becoming visibly emotional.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Kofie also said he was extremely grateful for Magnusson\u2019s kindness to his son.\u00a0\u201c[For] somebody to just love your son like that by making sure that his future is secure, we are super thankful.\u201d\u00a0When asked how to explain his once-in-a-generation talent on the piano, Jude Kofie said that it was \u201ca miracle.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s what I prefer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Giving is a beautiful thing. For Bill Magnusson to use his inheritance to buy a piano for a child is fantastic. However, it just goes to show that Jude is a marvelous student. Jude Kofie has a beautiful talent and can now express his skill with his new piano. With time, Jude\u2019s talent will continue to flourish, and he\u2019ll be an international superstar. If everyone in the world had a giving heart like Bill Magnusson, the world would be a better place. We should all aspire to be more like Bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of 11-year-old\u00a0piano prodigy\u00a0Jude Kofie warmed hearts on Twitter after a stranger gifted the boy a $15,000 grand piano.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s beyond special. He\u2019s Mozart-level. It\u2019s coming from somewhere beyond,\u201d piano tuner Bill Magnusson said of young Kofie\u2019s musical talent. Using an inheritance he received from his father, Magnusson gifted a $15,000 grand piano to Kofie&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":9120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,983,12],"tags":[694,1824],"class_list":["post-9102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-good-deeds","category-inspiring-events","category-inspiring-people","tag-inspirational","tag-piano-prodigy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11-Year-Old Autistic Piano Prodigy Goes Viral After Receiving a $15,000 Piano From a Stranger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jude Kofie&#039;s story warmed hearts on Twitter after a stranger gifted the piano prodigy with a $15,000 grand piano.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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