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​ At the age of three and a half I started taking piano lessons out of boredom. Only a few weeks later, the piano virus had completely taken hold of me and I could no longer imagine my life without this instrument. It's been a few years now, and my passion for playing the piano has only ignited more with each passing day. Especially after I was lucky enough to be able to give my first small concert in the Altlandsberg Castle Church after just ten months of lessons, where I played a Minuet by Leopold Mozart and an Etude by Carl Czerny. I was so fascinated by the applause I received from over 100 concertgoers that one thing was immediately clear to me: I want more of that!

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My first piano teacher, who accompanied me on my way for almost a year and a half, attested to my extraordinary talent. Others shared this assessment and so I was incredibly lucky that in January 2019 the concert pianist and ECHO Klassik award winner Elisaveta Blumina noticed me and my talent and has taken me under her wing ever since. We've been an unbeatable team ever since, and thanks to her, I've already had countless successes for myself.

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Not only does playing the piano inspire me, but also the fact that I play pieces by people who have managed to compose such fantastic works that their music and names have been printed in notebooks and, in some cases, by countless musicians all over the world for several centuries world to be played. For this reason, when I was almost five years old, I really wanted to learn to compose. I annoyed my parents until, with the help of my godfather, they found me a composition teacher. I have been taking composition lessons since August 2019. And because I don't just want to be a pianist and composer, but a real thoroughbred musician, I've also been taking voice and ear training lessons since February 2020. 

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Due to the long-lasting Corona crisis, which hit me hard like all artists and caused me to lose numerous concerts, I started painting out of sheer frustration. What was originally only intended as a distraction has now turned out to be my second passion besides music. And obviously I don't seem to be untalented in this area either. At least the professional world is very impressed, if not impressed, by my artworks. In the meantime I can even look back on a few exhibitions. In any case, I am fascinated by the interplay of colors and what you can conjure up with them on a canvas. I have endless ideas and so I will continue to reinvent myself every day in music and painting.

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To get a first impression of me as a pianist, just have a look at my YouTube channel 

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCISAmJdXxlZ1kImVVnREI5A

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Maddox Marsollek (9 years)

April 2023