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Bell Media reviews every comment submitted, and reserves the right to approve comments and edit for brevity and clarity. With a report from CTV Montreal's Vanessa Lee "It was the first time I tweeted anybody," he confessed. While Clarke Bouchard has been getting plenty of exposure lately, having released his first album in November, he says he used Twitter to get DeGeneres' attention. Since then, he’s played with renowned Canadian jazz pianist Oliver Jones and performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City.īut playing piano isn't the teen's only passion.Ĭlarke Bouchard also plays hockey and had the opportunity to meet one of his favourite players –Los Angeles Kings' goalie Jonathan Quick – during the 'Ellen' show. His joy for playing music was apparent during his appearance on the talk show, where the 14-year-old impressed talk-show host with his musical skills.Ĭlarke Bouchard started playing piano at the age of five. "You know what? I don't have any nervous particles in my body," Clarke Bouchard told CTV Montreal following his 'Ellen' appearance. Lydian Nadhaswaram is certainly one name to watch out for in the future.It takes a lot to get teen piano prodigy Daniel Clarke Bouchard nervous.Ī performance at Carnegie Hall couldn't do it, and neither could an appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show', where the Montreal native performed an original "boogie woogie" piece during an episode that aired on April 7. To achieve all this at just 13 years of age is no mean feat. And the buck didn’t stop there, even as he played the song again at 325bpm, much to the astonishment to everyone in the room. As stunned as the judges were at the request, they were doubly shocked to see Lydian play the song again at that speed. He first played the song at an average speed, and then called upon the show’s judge Drew Barrymore to set the metronome’s speed to a whopping 208bpm. One of his most appreciated performances was when he played The Flight of the Bumblebee on the stage of World’s Best. His father Varshan Satish, is a music director in the Tamil film Industry, and he has a sister who is also adept at playing the piano. His talent has also been recognized by none other than A R Rahman. He started by playing the drums, and today, along with the piano, he can also play the mrudangam, guitar and tabla. According to TEDx, Lydian became a musician when he was just 2 years old.
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He has performed on the TV show The World’s Best, which calls upon performers and artists from around the world. He plays everything from western classical and jazz to Indian music. Lydian Nadhaswaram hails from Chennai, and practices to play the piano 5 to 6 hours a day. This week saw Lydian appearing on popular US TV show, The Ellen Show, where he played Mozart’s Turkish March with blindfolds on. He has been on the world stage since the age of 7, and is adept at playing not just one but two pianos at once. Lydian Nadhaswaram is only 13 years of age, but his piano skills are akin to those of hardened veterans.
