YOUNG PIANO PRODIGY MOVIE
But the movie does a nice job of showing the artist's ability to create new kinds of music (the song "La Bamba" was an early form of the mash-up) and the effects of his sudden fame on his family and loved ones.Ĩ. And actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who played Valens, was 25 when the movie came out. "La Bamba" (1987): This biopic might have moved up a few spots if 16-year-old guitar phenom Ritchie Valens wasn't long in the tooth by child prodigy standards. Please add your suggestions to the comments in the Web version of this article at 9. Note that in most of the movies, the young actors who play the prodigies show gifted-beyond-their-years abilities of their own. Films in which the child prodigy is grown ("Amadeus," "Good Will Hunting") weren't included, and movies lost points if the prodigy wasn't the focus of the film. Below are nine additional great child prodigy movies, all available on DVD. But most of the best films about young geniuses have been dramas. Web editor Marais Jacon-Duffy contributed to this report.Child prodigies have appeared in science fiction ("Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"), action movies ("Mercury Rising") and also on television ("Doogie Howser, M.D."). "There will be 3,500 people - that is like playing at the Bengals stadium." "It's a huge opportunity that I never dreamed for my daughter, that can go and perform at such an awesome place," Tanudji said. Sophia's parents said they're nervous, but also incredibly proud of their daughter. "That is one of the things I want to be, (a pianist)," Sophia said. Sophia said her parents, particularly her mom, inspire her. "It feels like I'm a famous person, that I can be with them on stage." I am blessed that I get to play there," she said. Sophia, who has been playing piano since she was 4, said she was ecstatic to learn that she was invited to play with the Pops. It's beyond her age.every year, she surprises us." We know she loves piano, but never knew she was capable of playing this tough music. "She keeps surprising us all of the time. "We're holding back right now," she said. Tanudji said her daughter wants to learn to play other instruments, too. "Her dad says, 'If the boss says to do it, then we do it,'" she said. "She does not get tired," Frautschi said. "Anything I demand, she gets back to me with everything I assigned, and everything seems so easy for her. "I was like, 'Okay, whatever.' I just watched comedy drama on TV," Tanudji said.įrautschi said Sophia's parents refer to her as "the boss." She isn't forced to study piano - she loves it. "I heard about the Mozart effect," he said. Before she was born, he would place headphones emitting classical music on either side of his wife's pregnant belly. Michael Suwiryo tried early on to share his own love of music with his daughter. She attends Chinese school, swimming lessons and chess lessons. Her parents, Michael Suwiryo and Cindy Tanudji, said they keep their daughter stimulated. Sophia with her teacher, Takako Frautschi.įrautschi said she believes Sophia is a once-in-a-generation talent. It requires a lot of practice just to be aware of every note."įrautschi said it would take her college students about a year to perfect the piece. "She has only been given two months to learn it," Frautschi said.
When Sophia Suwiryo found out she would play with the Cincinnati Pops, she and Frautschi got to work quickly.
She plays gentle, beautiful, angry, exciting.with feeling, not just the dynamics." She closes her eyes and plays from her heart. "I know she is so young, (but she's) feeling the music in such a mature way. CINCINNATI - Takako Frautschi teaches piano to many highly-skilled musicians at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, but it's not often one of her young pupils is chosen to play a Mozart concerto on stage with the Cincinnati Pops.
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