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Attempted an opera at age ten; attended the Curtis Institute of Music at age fourteen [34] Ethan Bortnick: 2000 Composer, pianist 5 Ethan began playing a keyboard at the age of three and was composing music by the age of five. [35] [36] [37] Ferruccio Busoni: 1866 Pianist, composer, conductor, editor, writer, and educator 7 Composed quartet at ...
In 2011 the Science Channel aired a documentary on Rex as one part of the eight-part series Ingenious Minds, with the subtitle "The Boy with the Musical Mind". [7] Following Lewis-Clack's 2003 60 Minutes profile "Musically Speaking", he received invitations from groups around the world to play his music. Lewis-Clack travels with his mother to ...
Paravicini has appeared on various television programmes. He was featured on an episode of Channel 5's Extraordinary People, in an episode titled "The Musical Genius." This showed his journey to Las Vegas to play in a charity concert with another savant, Rex Lewis-Clack.
Inductee Quincy Jones accepts the Ahmet Ertegun Award onstage at the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 18, 2013, in Los Angeles.
2. Eddie Van Halen. The guitar virtuoso of Van Halen fame couldn’t read music, which is kind of crazy considering all the classical runs and flourishes that turn up regularly in his playing.
Thanks to the creative chemistry between John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the world enjoyed extraordinary musical genius with global hits that pushed the boundaries of rock and pop music.
Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A former child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine.
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the "Gentle Genius", [5] [6] he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious African-American music.