Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! Rossini’s Barber of Seville is a musical masterpiece, and Figaro’s Aria is a favorite of many.
For today’s Daily Joy, here is 15-year-old pianist Marc Soong’s performance of sections of that aria, adapted for piano by Gregory Ginzburg.
Alhambra, California Marc appeared on Show 364 on January 16, 2019 at 7:00 PM in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Marc Soong (piano), 15, lives in Alhambra, California and is a junior in the Stanford University Online High School. He studies piano with Professor Daniel Pollack and Dr. Vladimir Khomyakov at USC’s Thornton School of Music. Marc’s proudest accomplishment has been organizing and performing in a benefit concert with his sister to raise more than $8,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. He also enjoys reading, swimming, and studying math.
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