alecshao:

I can’t believe what I’ve found!!!! I spent the day with Alec’s lovely mom. Suddenly it struck me to ask whether or not she had any recordings of him at the piano available: “Sure, I have them all!” 

Here’s my boy Alec at the piano, live in competition to a crowd of 3500, Los Angeles, California,

playing Chopin’s FIERY, RAGINGLY difficult “Revolutionary” Etude, 1994,

AT THE AGE OF 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was the only one under 18 competing, their youngest ever. Applications for the first round were anonymous, and when he passed the first round and his info became public the judges were sure the dates had to be a typo! 

Sylvie told me how pissed off she was when he walked out onto the stage with his shirt untucked and a shoelace untied. But that didn’t last long!

Best with headphones and sorry for the poor quality, but WHO CARES?! 10 YEARS OLD!!!!

I had to cut it out, but once the applause dies down you could hear one of the adult competitors say, “That’s one powerful kid! Can I rent his left hand?”

Yes, I’m bragging. No, I don’t care. So very proud of my dearest friend. 

Chopin’s Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 “Revolutionary”, performed by my dearest friend Alec. I can’t believe I didn’t reblog this last year. Great performance. ❤

(Source: likeafieldmouse)

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Posted on September 11th, 2012 with 208 notes
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    Chopin’s “Revolutionary” Etude Op. 10 no. 12 played by Alec Shaojian at age 10.
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