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Takosangba Pongen could see until he was 14 years old. He has been blind for the 13 years since. 

塔科桑巴·蓬根直到14岁才恢复视力。此后他已经失明13年了。 

But, nobody would know that by watching Pongen perform on the piano. 

但是，没有人会通过观看 Pongen 的钢琴演奏来知道这一点。 

Pongen said playing the piano helped him after he lost his sight. “It opened a window to see the world. It gives me energy and hope to go forward,” he said. 

庞根说，在他失明后，弹钢琴对他有帮助。“它打开了一扇观察世界的窗户。它给了我前进的能量和希望。”他说。 

Recently, he performed at the Brillante Piano Festival in Bengaluru, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. 

最近，他在印度南部卡纳塔克邦首府班加罗尔举行的布里兰特钢琴节上演出。

Pongen plays by ear. He taught himself to play, assisted by piano play training on YouTube that he began using in 2020. He said he would like to be a professional musician someday. 

庞根见机行事。他在 2020 年开始使用的 YouTube 上的钢琴演奏训练的帮助下自学弹奏。他说他希望有一天成为一名专业音乐家。 

But he is having difficulty finding a place that teaches piano to people with sight, or vision, problems. 

但他很难找到一个向有视力或视力问题的人教钢琴的地方。

Pongen first noticed his vision problems at school. He could not see clearly enough to read words on the blackboard in the room. 

庞根第一次注意到他的视力问题是在学校。他看不清房间黑板上的字。