6-year-old piano prodigy casually plays a Bach Concerto like it’s no big deal
7 November 2017, 13:54 | Updated: 9 November 2017, 09:30
Sure, Mozart composed his first piece of music at five years old. But just watch this 6-year-old’s teeny tiny fingers fly up and down the keyboard – it’s awesome.
Anke Chen has become something of a YouTube sensation in the past year, thanks to her unbelievable (and of course, irritatingly prodigious) piano skills.
This month, after less than three years of practice, she ended up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and got a huge standing ovation for playing Bach’s Keyboard Concerto BWV974, no less.
Here’s Anke, wowing Ellen with her tiny fast fingers:
Yep, the girl’s insanely talented. Anke only started playing piano just over two years ago, when she began taking piano lessons at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in China, with her teacher Zhang Feng.
Here she is again, playing Chopin’s Minute Waltz seven months ago:
For more of Anke’s videos, find her on YouTube.
