Victor McConnell

Pianist · Composer · Speaker

I was born in Russia in 1995, missing my left arm, and was placed in an orphanage shortly after. Back in California, Kevin and Lori, who had recently had a daughter, were looking to grow their family. Lori found a photo of a little one-armed boy and showed it to Kevin. "That's my son!" he said. On Thanksgiving 1997, I was adopted and became a McConnell.

Growing up, I took after my dad in music and computers, there were more keyboards in our house than I could count. I taught myself the piano with my right hand and my left foot on the keys, and music has been the throughline ever since. Today I compose, perform, and host an interview series with other musicians. This site explores that passion.