Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 and only began to play the piano at the late age of 14.

Born without his right hand, he is one of a few left-handed pianists worldwide and at present is the youngest sole left-handed concert pianist in the world.

Nicholas studied at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London. His graduation in July 2012 made history and drew press headlines world wide, being the only left-hand alone pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in its 130 year history.