![]() ![]() ![]() His father, Denny Sila, said he never intended for his son to pursue a jazz career, but changed his mind after Alexander topped a field of more than 40 professional musicians to win the 2013 Master-Jam Fest competition for jazz improvisers in Ukraine. Alexander says Hancock’s encouragement led him “to dedicate” himself to jazz. His parents gave up their adventure tour business and moved to Jakarta so he could play with Indonesia’s top jazz musicians.Īt age 8, Alexander had the opportunity to play for his hero, Hancock, at a UNESCO event in Jakarta. His father gave him some lessons, and he soon started jamming with local musicians. Alexander immediately began picking out the melody of Monk’s “Well, You Needn’t” and other standards by ear from listening to his father’s jazz collection. Piano Prodigy Harmony Zhu Performs at Ellen DeGeneres TV Show: This young talent has as delightful a personality as she has a knack for the piano: a First Prize Winner in the Young Musicians Category of the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 2013, showed her talent at the Ellen DeGeneres Show on November 3, 2014. Even against that imposing yardstick, he says, Neselovskyi stood out: 'He. In a world full of accomplished musicians and veteran pianists, one young boy. Burton, a former child prodigy himself, came up in the 1960s alongside future piano titans Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett. Alexander, whose parents are Christians, attributes his unique talent as being “a gift from God.”īorn in Bali, Josiah Alexander Sila began playing piano at the age of 6 when his father, an amateur pianist and guitarist, brought home a mini electric keyboard. Described by AR Rahman as one of India’s treasures, at 12, Lydian Nadhaswaram has already hit all the right notes. ![]()
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