Incredible! The young Russian performed Liszt's famous 'La Campanella' at the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory Reach Gazette reporter Jeff Wilkin at 395-3124, or on Twitter.Alexander Malofeev was just 13 years old when this was filmed in 2014. The only time they ever treat me a little bit nicer is when they want to get an autograph from someone and I’m meeting them in a week.īut everyone has just treated me like a normal person, and I like that.” “Thankfully, the kids have kind of treated me normally, they’re used to this at this point because I’ve been with them for a while. “When I go to school and I’m home, I just like to be a regular kid,” Bortnick said. They also don’t seem to mind they’re in class with a musical superstar.
I’ll be the person trying to keep my fingers safe.” “I’m definitely not the person running to try to get the ball. But Bortnick does watch his hands on the football field. I always like working with people locally, and it will be fun to work with kids my own age.” I also believe we have a local children’s choir joining us for a song, which will be really nice. “We’ll bring people up on stage and have the audience dance and do a bunch of fun things. “We’re going to have a lot of audience participation,” he said. There will be a variety of music and the pianist will play some of his own compositions. If it’s dance or cooking or sports or art or whatever, I think it’s important to use that and give back to others.”īortnick has Friday’s show all planned. I hope I can do as much as I can for other people and also inspire other people to use their passion or whatever they enjoy, not just music. That’s exactly what I hope to do for the rest of my life.
“But for me, the most important thing is to help other people. “For me, doing this and being able to travel is all great, and making music, I love it all,” he said in a telephone interview. Ethan was inspired to use his musical skills to help others. That drive started at age 5, when Nathan underwent three heart surgeries. He began listening to a diverse group of musicians, like Beethoven, Mozart, jazz man Bill Evans, Little Richard, Billy Joel and Elton John.īortnick especially likes performances that help groups and people.
The kid had the gift - hearing a song just once, he could play it back note for note. * At age 9, Bortnick - along with artists such as Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, the Black Eyed Peas and Tony Bennett, participated in the “We Are the World - For Haiti” recording in 2010.īortnick has been hitting the keys since age 3, when he asked his parents if he could take piano lessons. * Bortnick is currently the youngest voting member of The Recording Academy, also known as The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (the Grammys). * He shares a musical director - Dave Rosenthal - with Billy Joel. * Bortnick’s 2014 “The Power of Music” concert has aired over 1,500 times on public broadcast television stations. * His television resume has included multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America and Oprah. * His concerts for charity have raised $40 million for non-profit organizations around the world. People call Bortnick a child prodigy, and the South Florida musician already boasts a list of cool accomplishments.
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