Bio

Santon is an accomplished musician, who is fully blind from birth and autistic - a "Musical savant". He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and grew up in Malden, Massachusetts. He began taking piano lessons when he was 3.5 years old.

Santon is an alumnus of Perkins School for the Blind and he went on to graduate from Berklee College of Music, summa cum laude.

He performs as a solo pianist, accompanies singers, and plays piano in the Boston Tango Orchestra.

Santon also plays violin, bandoneon and several other instruments, as well as composes music. 

When Santon doesn’t play music, he dances the Argentine tango, does acrobatics on a trapeze, windsurfs, rides a tandem bicycle with his dad, swims, skis, skates, travels, and fully enjoys life.