Modern "Cinderella" by the geek of Dorking Automatic translate

VEIN. The European premiere of the opera Cinderella of 11-year-old Alma Deutscher took place.

Is it easy to be a second Mozart? Is it good when you are constantly compared with him? Alma Elizabeth Deutscher has no time for trifles and empty comparisons. She is much more interested in dreaming about a wonderful country, composing amazing melodies, sitting on a swing in the kindergarten in front of the house, and remaining herself. Wise parents do not try to fashion someone’s likeness from her, do not limit Alma’s study and creative impulses to the narrow framework of traditional schools - music and general education, choose comfortable home schooling. As musical mentors - teachers of the school Yehudi Menuhin, able to maximize the potential of the child prodigy.

That is why the talented girl from Dorking does not lose interest in music, jumps on her favorite purple rope up the musical ladder. From timid piano passages at the age of two, the first notes invented at 4 years old, the mini opera The Sweeper of Dreams, sonatas and violin concerto to the 237-page score of the new version of Cinderella. The good “fairy” in the person of Stephen John Fry, and part-time famous actor, writer, friend Guy Deutscher (father of Alma), could only slightly accelerate events and attract the attention of the audience to the AlmaDeutscher channel he created on YouTube. Now, the whole world knows about the 11-year-old composer who masterfully plays the violin and piano. In early 2016, she signed an agreement with London-based Askonas Holt.

On December 29, the long-awaited European premiere of Alma’s new work, the Cinderella opera, was held in the concert hall of the Vienna casino Baumgarten. Two and a half hours of wonderful music, applause and applause. Cinderella (Aschenputtel), according to Deutscher, is a talented composer, Stepmother is the boss of the opera company, her daughters are capricious prima donnas, the prince is a poet. According to the plot, his romantic highness will be looking after the ball for a girl who composed an amazing melody. Earlier, speaking at the annual Google Zeitgeist conference, Alma herself performed Cinderella’s aria.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru