Two years later, Zizi participated in a music competition where she earned public recognition as a blind child pianist. Nur also revealed that her daughter learned to play music instruments all by herself. Year-old Zizi became interested in playing the instruments, especially piano, which made Zizi totally invested soon after. Nur encouraged her daughter to learn music by letting her listen to a lot of musical instrumentals. Since then, Nur kept herself busy by reading books or references about developing the potential of visually impaired children – as many as she could. She said that the book gave her much needed strength. Three years later, after reading a book written by Miyuki Inoe, Nur started to collect herself. "At that time, I really wanted to die," said Nur, as she remembered those hard times. For about three years, Nur locked herself in their house. She and her husband barely accepted their fate. The disorder eventually led to lifelong vision impairment.Īfter that, Nur fell into depression.
The doctor diagnosed it as Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Fortunately, 900-gram baby Zizi was born, alive and well.Īs her daughter turned seven-months-old, Zizi had a high fever. At first, the doctor predicted that her baby would not survive. In her fifth month of pregnancy, Nur suddenly had excessive bleeding. Nur Afifah never thought that her newborn daughter would be blind. Not only that, Zizi, the daughter of Nur Afifah and Jafar Sidiq, also gets high grades in school. During the audition, she played her arrangements of Andrea Bocelli's "Time to Say Goodbye" and Calum Scott's "You Are the Reason."
Earlier this month, Zizi challenged herself by participating in "Asia's Got Talent" in Singapore. She was also awarded the Diamond Award in the 2017 Indonesia Piano Festival and became a champion at the 2017 National Festival and Art Competition. At that time, Zizi played her own arrangement of the "Pinocchio" soundtrack song "When You Wish Upon a Star."Īlong with playing piano and creating arrengements, Zizi loves to read the Quran. It is a huge leap for her since hundreds of participants from 13 countries entered the event. Last year, Zizi earned herself a gold trophy during the Asian Art Festival in Yong Siaw Toh, Singapore. "I really love arranging songs," she told Anadolu Agency on Friday.ĭespite her limitations, she has achieved many things. What makes it even more mesmerizing is that she played that song with her own arrangement. She played skillfully as if she could see the keyboard.Īllafta Hirzi Sidiq, who is also known as Zizi, was playing piano while singing Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." In a music room in the Pembina Extraordinary School in South Jakarta, a 10-year-old visually impaired girl was seen playing an instrument.
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