Schoolboy pianist, 10, hailed as new Mozart
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2670815/Pianist-Shane-10-is-our-Mozart.html
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A BRITISH lad is being hailed as the new Mozart after just FOUR MONTHS of piano lessons.
Schoolboy Shane Thomas, practises for four hours a week but already plays to a staggering level and composes classical scores in his head.
He first sat down at a piano at the age of seven and could play almost instantly by ear.
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 in my head. I remember the melodies, then when I get home I play them on the piano and Dad records them."
"I don't have a favourite style because I like all of them. I just find piano easy and never get nervous in front of audiences, however big."
Shane has written 22 classical pieces in the three years since being given his first keyboard by gran Maisie.
Shane's piano tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, has compared him to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who showed prodigious ability during his childhood in 18th Century Salzburg and went on to become among the most celebrated classical composers.
Mr Thomas said: "Aged seven, he got his first keyboard and within a day he could play it with both hands. Within weeks he played all sorts of complex music. And after four months he was performing to 2,000 people at a show in Manchester."
Schoolboy Shane Thomas, practises for four hours a week but already plays to a staggering level and composes classical scores in his head.
He first sat down at a piano at the age of seven and could play almost instantly by ear.
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 in my head. I remember the melodies, then when I get home I play them on the piano and Dad records them."
"I don't have a favourite style because I like all of them. I just find piano easy and never get nervous in front of audiences, however big."
Shane has written 22 classical pieces in the three years since being given his first keyboard by gran Maisie.
Shane's piano tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, has compared him to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who showed prodigious ability during his childhood in 18th Century Salzburg and went on to become among the most celebrated classical composers.
Mr Thomas said: "Aged seven, he got his first keyboard and within a day he could play it with both hands. Within weeks he played all sorts of complex music. And after four months he was performing to 2,000 people at a show in Manchester."
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I'm sure if he keeps this up he won't have pay for any more lessons.
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