![]() ![]() (SOUNDBITE OF PIANO PLAYING) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. MARTIN: Brigitte's other hobbies include playing with toys and reading books. 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. MARTIN: That's Brigitte's mother, Nicole Sun. 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. 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. 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. Some of us have even followed through, a gesture at self-improvement or just a way not to go stir-crazy in COVID times. Postmedia file photo.At some point over the last 18 months, each of us has probably thought about taking up some new pastime. Six years ago: Kevin Chen, a nine-year-old piano prodigy, poses for a photo at a piano with his suit and sneakers in Calgary, on February 3, 2015. The first-prize package included an award of 30,000 euros (C$45,000) and international concert appearances. The 2021 competition celebrated the 210th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and the 100th anniversary of the world-renowned Liszt interpreter Gyorgy Cziffra. The Franz Liszt International Piano Competition takes place every five years. “I like the sound,” Chen simply said of the piano. In an interview with Postmedia five years ago, Chen said he began composing after playing nursery songs and lullabies for his younger siblings on a toy piano. I t’s a privilege to know him as a person.” “What sets (Chen) apart is not only his technical ability, but also he’s a phenomenal musician, with a phenomenal ear, an incredible brain, and last but not least an incredible heart,” Engle said. and it has to come through you, personally.’ “Liszt music is notorious for being the most difficult from a technical standpoint, so I said (to Chen), ‘What’s going to set you apart is if you convey the meaning, the fun, the drama, the warmth of the music. But he’s also able to communicate the emotion of the music. “As far as the instrument goes, he has more than phenomenal - really incredible - co-ordination and speed,” Engle said of Chen. While the pandemic meant Engle wasn’t able to attend the competition with Chen (his father went with him), she was able to watch a livestream of the event. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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