Brit schoolboy pianist,10, compared to Mozart.Byline: ANI London, October 8 (ANI): A 10-year-old British schoolboy has been predicted to be the new Mozart after he displayed his genius with just four months of formal piano lessons. Shane Thomas, who put his fingers on a piano at the age of seven, rehearses for just four hours a week but already exhibits high standards of music scores. The talented youngster's piano tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, hailed him as the new Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the prolific and influential classical composer who showed prodigious pro·di·gious adj. 1. Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous: a prodigious storm. 2. Extraordinary; marvelous: a prodigious talent. 3. ability during his childhood in 18th century. "Shane is unique. He takes the word gifted to another dimension," the Telegraph quoted Goffin-Lecar as saying. "Many would consider it pretentious pre·ten·tious adj. 1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. 2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy. to compare him with Mozart but if one were to listen to him play, one would know it was legitimate. "I did not so much teach him as give him direction then sit back and watch. Technically he is phenomenal," he added. Nicolas Chisholm, head of the renowned Yehudi Menuhin Noun 1. Yehudi Menuhin - British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) Menuhin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin Music School in Surrey, agreed, saying: "Shane is extraordinary but an embryonic em·bry·on·ic or em·bry·on·al adj. Of, relating to, or being an embryo. Embryonic In the life cycle of the round worm, a very early life stage occurring within the uterus of the female round worm. talent." Shane said: "I told Dad when I was three that I could play but nobody took me seriously. When I'm at school I can listen to the teacher and do my work while composing com·pose v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form: in my head. "I remember the melodies, then when I get home I play them on the piano and Dad records them. I love playing piano. When I grow up I want to be a piano composer." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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