Hamilton: Overcoming hearing loss to make its music

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Alex Lacamoire is the award-winning orchestrator, arranger and conductor for the hit musical Hamilton. This hip hop homage to the US statesman Alexander Hamilton has become one of the most successful musicals of all time. Although Alex is now one of the world's most celebrated composers, as a child he was diagnosed with a hearing impairment and was even told to go to a school for deaf children. Despite his hearing challenges, Alex's passion and talent for music grew, and eventually he would join forces with Lin-Manuel Miranda. The chemistry between them would form part of the magic behind the development of Hamilton. This episode was first broadcast in June 2020. Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Maryam Maruf Get in touch: [email protected] (Photo: Alex Lacamoire and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Credit: Theo Wargo / Getty Images)