William isn’t yet sure where he’s headed but says piano is definitely in his future. One of the youngest to play, his performance was flawless. Then came the big day when William performed at Carnegie Hall. Did I look at it wrong So I blew it up on my desktop computer screen and checked. “I didn’t want to tell them because I wanted to make sure. In January, the family found out William had won the competition. We work together,” said Guangyu Zhang William Zhang’s father.Īll that work paid off. “It’s like the best team: parents, student and teacher. Today he practices up to three hours a day. Then at four and a half he began piano lessons. So his parents, who didn’t play instruments themselves, taught him to play baby songs. He can punch the little key and make some beautiful sound and why don’t you teach him But no, nobody want to teach him,” Wang said. Zhang’s parents wanted him to start lessons at two or three but everyone told them he was too young. But they had a hunch he would take a liking to the instrument.

When he was just two they bought him a $20,000 piano. “Whenever there is music in the house, he jumps and moves so we just feel he loves music,” said Julie Wang, William Zhang’s mother. William’s parents say he always responded to music. “Music brings me happiness and I want to bring the audience happiness,” Zhang said. He’s playing Mozart, one of his favorite composers along with Bach and Chopin.

What got him there was this amateur video taken by his father. The 6-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, won first prize in the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition. In a few days, he would be playing Carnegie Hall. Visiting New York City for the first time is an exciting experience for many but for William Zhang he has an extra reason to smile in a few days he would be playing Carnegie Hall the six-year-old from Atlanta Georgia won first prize in the American prodigy international piano and string competition what got him there was this amateur video taken by his father he's playing Mozart one of his favorite composers along with Bach and Chopin music brings me happiness and I want to bring the audience happiness Zhang's parents say William always responded to music whenever there's a music in the house a hit jompa and he moves so we just feel he loves music when he was two they bought him a $20,000 piano their friends thought they were crazy but they had a hunch he would take a liking to the instrument this video was taken when William was one Zhang's parents wanted him to start lessons at 2:00 or 3:00 but everyone told them he was too young we feel very frustrated he can punch the little key and make some beautiful sound and why don't you teach him but no nobody wants to teach here so his parents who didn't play instruments themselves taught him to play baby songs then at four and a half he began piano lessons today he practices up to three hours a day it's like at the pastor team parents student and the teacher we work together all that work paid off in January the family William had won the competition the news came in an email I didn't want to tell.Visiting New York City for the first time is an exciting experience for many, but William Zhang – had an extra reason to smile.

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