musical prodigy
Child virtuoso performer
A musical prodigy is a young person, typically a child, who demonstrates exceptional talent or mastery in music far beyond what's expected for their age.
The term usually applies to performers—pianists, violinists, singers—who display adult-level skill before adolescence: Mozart was the quintessential musical prodigy, composing at five and touring Europe at six.
The label carries both admiration and pressure.
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- giftedGiven as present
talented · piano · violin · classical training · composer · precocious · early bloomer · old soul · young · masterful · concert · conservatory · practice · savant · brilliant · exceptional · symphony · recital
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- child prodigiesMozart, Einstein, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Bobby Fischer
- geniusesgenius, brainiac, Einstein, intellect, mastermind
- Notable Biographiespioneer story