When Juan García Esquivel was a small boy he lived with his family in Tampico Mexico where whirling mariachi bands let out joyful yells as they stamped and strummed
By age six Juan was curious about music There was a piano at Juan’s house but it was a player piano a paper roll told it which keys to play Clever Juan had an idea He disabled the paper roll and turned his parents jangly piano into one he could practice on He played it day and night
By age ten Juan was captivated by music He loved to play piano anytime anywhere Sometimes he’d disappear from home in search of an audience and his family would have to go looking for him They always found him in front of a piano
