Budapest orchestra helps deaf people ‘hear’ Beethoven through touch

Musicians of the Danubia Orchestra perform during a rehearsal in Budapest, Hungary, February 5, 2020. Picture taken Februay 5, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Budapest (Reuters) – Zsuzsanna Foldi has been deaf all her life. Still, with her hands placed on the double bass, sitting among musicians in Budapest’s Danubia orchestra, she can enjoy and literally feel Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony.

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