When a piano tuner heard that an autistic child prodigy needed a piano, he wrote a five-figure check to ensure the little boy got exactly what he needed.
11-year-old Jude Nyame Yie Kofie was featured on Denver’s ABC 7 in 2022 after his father, Isaiah, learned his son had an incredible talent that came out of nowhere. Jude could play the piano “at Mozart level,” despite never taking a single lesson.
Isaiah found this out after Jude uncovered an old keyboard in his family’s basement one day. Jude turned it on and began playing like a professional . So Isaiah bought his son a better keyboard. The boy continued to play and grow his talents, so his family hoped to purchase him a real piano one day. But they couldn’t imagine being in the position to do so any time soon.
As his parents shared during Jude’s feature, they immigrated from Ghana and were caring for their four children while sending money to their family back home. Isaiah said there were no “resources” left over.