小小莫扎特

生于2005年的Alma Deutcher是一名英國作曲家、鋼琴家和小提琴家。年僅七歲的她已經完成了第一部作品——歌劇《夢想清潔工》，該歌劇受到了英國國家歌劇院的高度贊譽。接下來，我們繼續看看這位天才神童的過人之處。

Announcer： Tonight， as of right now 300，000 people have searched out a tiny young girl causing a big stir， a 1）prodigy doing something 2）reminiscent of another little kid called Mozart. ABCs Nick Schifferin is with the newest child wonder.

Nick： Like so many child prodigies， her playing is perfect， her sound is 3）serene. But before seven year-old Alma Deutchers feet reached the floor， shes already written this； an opera composed for an entire string 4）orchestra， praised by the best opera house in Great Britain.

Alma： I had the theme when I was very young， and it…it…it was really mysterious. Its （singing） ah dah dahdah.

Nick： She isnt just reading music， shes writing as she goes， all 5）improvisation off the top of her head. How gifted is she？ Well， almost already a year ahead of another prodigy you might recognize. Mozart could play and name notes at three. Alma could do that at two. Mozart was first writing at five. Alma was four. Now， over the years weve seen some extraordinary children. Umi Garret was eight， Brianna Kahane， seven， and pint-size Jonathan Okseniuk， conducting at just four， all great performers， but Almas a great composer， and some say that she writes with the same quality as Mozart when he was the same age.

Brian Zeger （Opera Program Dir.， Juilliard）： I cant think of anybody quite this young. This is really remarkable. She just lives and breathes music.

Alma： Im writing a 6）cello 7）sonata now. It isnt finished yet.

Nick： More than 300，000 people have now discovered her online. This young composers melodies creating so much happiness， and shes only seven.

播音員：今晚，到目前為止（大概2012年10月底），已經有三十萬人搜索了一位轟動一時的小女孩——這位天才神童讓人回憶起另一神童莫扎特。ABC的記者尼克·希弗林帶我們去看看這位最新鮮出爐的天才神童。

尼克：正如很多的天才兒童一樣，她的演奏完美無瑕，她的音樂如天籟之音。但是在七歲女童阿爾瑪·多伊徹的雙腳能踩到地面前（譯者注：阿爾瑪由于個子矮，彈鋼琴時，不得不在腳下墊幾本書），她已經譜寫了這樣的樂曲——為管弦樂隊創作的歌劇，受到了英國最好的歌劇院的贊譽。

阿爾瑪：我很小的時候就有自己的旋律，那是很神秘的旋律，就像啊噠噠噠這樣哼唱。

尼克：她不僅會看琴譜，還即興編寫曲子。她究竟多有音樂天分？我們跟另一位音樂神童比較完就知道。莫扎特在三歲時能認讀并彈奏琴譜，阿爾瑪兩歲就能做到。莫扎特五歲開始作曲，阿爾瑪四歲。幾年來，我們看到過一些不同凡響的兒童：八歲的烏米·加勒特，七歲的布蘭娜·卡哈妮，還有身材矮小的喬納森·奧森紐克，他四歲就指揮，他們都是杰出的表演者，而阿爾瑪是很棒的作曲家，有人說她寫的曲子跟同齡時的莫扎特寫的一樣好。

布萊恩·西格（大都會歌劇院和茱莉亞音樂學院合作項目執行總監）：我很難相信有人那么小（就會作曲），真是不可思議，她的生活連呼吸都伴隨著音樂。

阿爾瑪：我現在在作大提琴奏鳴曲，還沒完成。

尼克：現在已經超過三十萬人在網上找到了她。這位年幼的作曲家給我們帶來了很多愉悅的旋律，而她年僅七歲。

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Umi Garrett

Umi Garrett （born August 15， 2000） is an American pianist. In May 2009， eight-year-old piano prodigy Umi appeared on NBCs The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It was such a sensation that her young career has since skyrocketed， receiving requests to perform worldwide and appearing regularly with symphony orchestras in the US and around the world.

生于2000年8月15日的烏米·加勒特是美國的鋼琴家。2009年5月，八歲的鋼琴神童烏米出現在NBC的《艾倫秀》現場。她的演出引起一陣轟動，從此她年幼的演藝事業突飛猛進，應邀參加世界演出，并經常參加美國乃至全世界的交響樂團演奏。

Brianna Kahane

Brianna Kahane is an American violinist. She has been playing the violin since the age of four， and what she has accomplished at her young age is truly breathtaking. Labeled a “prodigy” by The Washington Post—among other national publications—Brianna was just named by Oprah Winfrey as one of the worlds most talented and amazing kids of all-time.

布蘭娜·卡哈妮是美國的小提琴家，她四歲開始拉小提琴，小小年紀的她所完成的演奏著實令人欽佩不已。除了別的國家出版物的贊譽，《華盛頓郵報》稱布蘭娜為“神童”，奧普拉·溫弗里（美國著名的脫口秀節目主持人）稱她為有史以來世界上最有天分最了不起的兒童之一。

Jonathan Okseniuk

Jonathan Okseniuk， the child music prodigy， lives with his parents in Arizona. His father works in aviation operations and his mother is a home maker. Neither parent is very musical. His mother noticed very early on that Jonathan had a passion for music at only eight months old. He would wave his arms to music， and was picking up pencils and sticks to beat to the time before he could walk. Music is inside him 24 hours a day.

His grandparents play an vital part in his life and are very supportive of his passion. His grandfather is an amateur violist， who grew up in a musical family. He remembers vividly， the moment he played Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for Jonathan. He placed a baton in his hand， and the boy immediately began conducting.

音樂神童喬納森·奧森紐克，跟父母住在美國亞利桑那州。父親就職于航空運營公司，母親是名家庭主婦，父母都不擅長音樂。他母親早在喬納森八個月大的時候就留意到他非常喜愛音樂。學會走路之前他聽著音樂就會揮動雙臂，拿鉛筆和棍子打拍子。一天24小時，他都沉浸在音樂里。

他的祖父母在他的生命中扮演了很重要的角色，他們很支持他的愛好。成長于音樂家庭的祖父是一名業余小提琴手，他很清楚地記得，那時他給喬納森演奏莫扎特的《弦樂小夜曲》，并把指揮棒放在他手里，這個小男孩就立刻開始指揮起來。