This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. MARTIN: Brigitte's other hobbies include playing with toys and reading books.Ĭopyright © 2021 NPR. To interpret what you see and what you feel. ZHANG: It's beyond the speaking language because I have to use 10 fingers. MARTIN: But music isn't just any language. ZHANG: She read the music, and the music is a language. MARTIN: Here's her teacher on a talk show explaining why she thinks Brigitte is able to progress so quickly. That's very - for that, 3 years old, it's really amazing. ZHANG: I said, now, can you play right-hand D major, left-hand C major, right-hand G major? Then she went - boom, boom, boom, boom, boom - make all the different, right moves. Her teacher says she is still amazed how quickly Brigitte learned. Brigitte's parents have to place a stool under the piano bench to keep her feet from dangling above the ground. kidsarecute 3511 views 4 years ago source: NTD Life Evan Le may just be 4 years old, but this little boy has the skills of someone four times his age. MARTIN: That's Brigitte's mother, Nicole Sun. March Turkish 'Alla Turca' by 4-Year-Old Evan Le - Such wonderful performance Credit: Evan Le official channel goo.gl/f2cxtj. NICOLE SUN: The first time I heard she - playing a piano piece, I was so deeply moved. TAO ZIE: At the beginning, I never expected she's going to be a prodigy or anything. MARTIN: Brigitte's father, Tao Zie, signed her up for Zoom classes - you know, something to do during lockdown. ZHANG: From the lessons, I observed she has a curious mind, and she loved to learn. A Sacramento native, she was a child prodigy, hailed by critic Olin Downes as the greatest piano genius since Mozart. MARTIN: That's Brigitte's piano teacher, Felicia Feng Zhang.
She is only 4 years old.įELICIA FENG ZHANG: Brigitte came to me when she was just 2 months after 3 years old. A year later, she became the youngest winner of the prestigious Elite International Music Competition, which grants the winner a performance on stage at Carnegie Hall. MARTIN: Last fall, Brigitte Xie took up the piano. Some of us have even taken up a musical instrument, perhaps the piano. Some of us have even followed through, a gesture at self-improvement or just a way not to go stir-crazy in COVID times.
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He also stars in and co-wrote the music for a movie coming out in September titled Anything is Possible.At some point over the last 18 months, each of us has probably thought about taking up some new pastime. The pianist has raised more than $30 million for different charities including Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
"To be honest with you, literally one minute before the concert, I'm still playing Angry Birds backstage." There were a few big differences between this, Tsung. They're like, ‘yeah, sure,’ and, yeah, the rest is history." 'To be honest with you, literally one minute before the concert, I'm still playing Angry Birds backstage.'- Ethan Bortnick, pianistĪnd though Bortnick has performed with Justin Bieber and Elton John, he says he still gets a chance to do what other kids his age do. Tsung Tsung, 5-Year-Old Hong Kong Piano Prodigy, Is Incredible (VIDEO) This week, a 5-year-old Internet sensation named Tsung Tsung shut down the conspiracy theorists of YouTube with a live performance of the fast-paced Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composition, 'Flight Of The Bumblebee' on Ellen. "When I was three years old, on a little toy keyboard, I just started mimicking everything that I heard and then I asked my parents for piano lessons. The 12-year-old holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest musician to host a solo concert tour.īortnick says he started playing at an early age. Brigitte Xie, 4, plays piano at piano teacher Felicia Feng Zhangs home in. Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick made his first appearance in Calgary last night. August 3, 20215:04 AM PDTLast Updated a year ago.
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