![]() ![]() Here's his breakthrough performance, as a 12-year-old playing Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1. Here's Evgeny Kissin, who venturesomely proved that a child prodigy can go on to have a distinguished career as a soloist, and that you can have the same haircut for over three decades. He's now clocked up 8 million YouTube views as well.įrom sensational prodigy to classical superstarĪnd now a classic one from the rich history of classical Wunderkinds. It's a video that's as flabbergasting as it is cute. Take a look at Tsung Tsung when he (after a little encouragement) takes to the keys. You remember what life was like as a preschooler? Playing in the backyard, Marmite sandwiches, building Lego, learning the complete Partitas of Bach and piano sonatas of Clementi. Taking a look at his abilities in this video, they'd have had little to complain about. Samuel Tan may not have reached double figures yet, but he recently made headlines when he won an international violin competition, beating players in their 20s and 30s. Here he is taking to one of Chopin's finger-breaking Etudes. Radio of the Czech Republic, The Georgia Straight, CBC Canadian National Radio and Television, among others. Just 15 years old, covered in 1990s tinsel, smashing out some solo Bach: what a star.Īre you working hard at your piano playing? Would you like to be utterly demoralised? Introducing 8-year-old Joshua Han. We thought you'd enjoy this glimpse of the young violinist's exceptional early talent. Watch and be amazed.Ī child prodigy who has made the jump to full classical stardom. Amazingly, he's said to have never had a piano lesson, and taught himself how to play by watching YouTube piano tutorials. 41.Incredible Chopin from a self-taught 8-year-oldĪ stunning virtuosic display from this youngster on a street piano. The program also includes Musica Celestis by Aaron Jay Kernis and Mozart’s Symphony No. Lisiecki will perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. “Perhaps I know a little better where Chopin was coming from because I know the language, I know Poland quite well, I know the food, I know the culture.” (Montreal Gazette, January 2013) Says his Polish heritage helps him connect with Chopin’s work.Named his canary Ludwik (Calgary Herald, 2010).We listen back to an interview with Gottlieb from just a few months ago. … When you work four days straight from 9 to 5, you need a palate cleanser.” (Montreal Gazette, January 2013) Remembering acclaimed editor Robert Gottlieb,Gottlieb, who died June 14 at 92, edited Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré and, for more than 50 years, Robert Caro. Clears his mind with Bach or Messiaen: “Somehow it gets me in the right mood.So I went back to the audience and I said, ‘Mommy, Mommy I went and met Yo-Yo Ma.’ So everyone was listening intently, everybody around, and my mommy says, ‘And what did he say?’ I said, ‘He said the f-word!’ ” (CBC, 2009) Impressed by Yo-Yo Ma’s use of the f-word when he met him: “He spilled some water on his shirt.I mean, it’s all interpretation, but I feel that the interpretation is actually to make the music more beautiful. Has a thing for beauty: “I just want to always express how beautiful the music is, how beautiful the composer wrote the music, and not how beautifully I can play it or how fast I can play it.I would probably enjoy reading way more than going and hanging out with friends.” (CBC, The Reluctant Prodigy, 2009) … I wouldn’t enjoy doing it anyways, no matter if I was a normal kid, you know, a ‘normal kid’ or not. But doesn’t feel he missed much, in terms of the “normal” childhood experiences: “I don’t really hang out at malls. Started high school at nine, graduated at 15 and speaks four languages. ![]() Says his parents never pressured him and he will stop playing when it stops being fun (Calgary Herald, 2010).“It’s like a disease, you know … ‘prodigy.’ This person is in a bell jar, cut off from the rest of the world and has controlling parents who don’t let him do anything.” (Calgary Herald, 2010) ![]() In advance of his performance - and in celebration of his shiny new adulthood - here are some interview highlights and fun facts about the Polish-Canadian Calgarian: Mozart made his debut at age four, Franz Listz performed his first major concert at 11, and Glenn Gould passed the Royal Conservatory of Music piano exams in Toronto with the “highest marks of any candidate,” at 12. While pop stars seem to be getting younger and younger, the child genius is nothing new to the world of classical music. Pianist Jan Lisiecki marks a milestone two days before performing for a near-capacity audience at the Royal Theatre on Monday: He’s turning 18. Tickets: $18 to $75 (plus service charges) at rmts.bc.ca or 25. Jan Lisiecki Plays Chopin with the Victoria Symphony ![]()
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