This kid is about to blow your mind. What were you doing when you were 5 years old?

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January 21, 2014
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This kid is about to blow your mind. What were you doing when you were 5 years old?

November 20, 2013
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A Polish pianist built an instrument from designer Leonardo Da Vinci’s 500-year-old plans and played it for the first time.
Jen Markham explains.

September 10, 2013
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Jacob Velasquez, 5, was reading sheet music a year ago
The pint-sized prodigy can learn an entire sonata in one afternoon
His photographic memory enables him to play without needing to even look away from the piano keys
Get ready for one of the most amazing things you’re ever going to see.
Five-year-old Jacob Velasquez, of Pembroke Pines, FL., is already playing Beethoven and Mozart, and can learn entire sonatas in one afternoon. Despite playing the piano for just over a year, the pint-sized prodigy is already winning accolades.
Mr Velasquez has even been admitted to the National Musician’s Guild, no small feat.
