A vision come true

A remarkable story of a man with determined persistence to make his vision come true. 

Homeless man becomes a millionaire after writing hit symphony ...with no musical training

A self-trained musician who slept rough on the streets for a decade has been hailed a genius after writing a symphony.
Stuart Sharp, 67, saw a vision of the musical masterpiece in his mind after his baby son Ben died 35 years ago.

He could not read or write music but the tunes were so vivid he was determined to turn the 'imaginary' sounds into a symphony in memory of his lost child.

Stuart's Angeli Symphony has been described as a work of 'genius' by music experts and is to be played in the Royal Albert Hall.

Stuart said: 'My son Ben died after medical complications at birth and my wife was very ill in hospital. I was in so much trauma you can not imagine.

'Then on the night of Ben's funeral I had a vision of soothing, beautiful music and it gave me great comfort.

'I could see the whole orchestra playing and as I watched I could see all the individual notes being played on the different instruments.

'After that I would often hear the music and I could remember it all very vividly. 'The tunes were always very real, very beautiful, sometimes as if the angels were really playing to me.

'I did not know what the notes were and at times I doubted my sanity, especially as I am an atheist. But I came to understand that it was music for my son and I could see it on stage one day.' 
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'I think after Ben died I died and became a different person.'

A documentary is now being made about his life story and his Angel symphony will be the soundtrack.