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At Saturday night's performance of La La Land in Concert in Sydney, 21-year-old Sterling Nasa took the stage after Oscar-winning composer and conductor Justin Hurwitz asked if there was an 'amazing sight reader' in the audience. Addressing the 2,000-strong audience, Horowitz made the call-out after the orchestra's lead keyboardist fell ill and had to leave during interval. Nasa suddenly found himself sitting at a keyboard he had never played before – a celeste – staring down a complex score he had never rehearsed, including an intricate synthesiser solo