Marc Yu

Marc Yu (born January 5, 1999, in Monterey Park, California) is an American musician and former musical child prodigy,[1] who is best known for playing the piano and the cello and accordion.

Marc Yu
Born (1999-01-05) January 5, 1999
Monterey Park, California
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Piano, cello

Early life and career

Marc started playing the piano since the age of two and a half, and the cello at the age of six.{{citation needed|date=January played the song back. He began undertaking formal lessons later that year. Marc has perfect pitch.[1]

Marc exhibited prodigiousness in academic subjects, and advanced to high school-level math at the age of seven.[1] In 2005 he was awarded a Davidson Fellow scholarship,[2] making him the youngest recipient of the bottom-tier award.[3]

He has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (in which he received an accordion), as well as being the focus of a National Geographic special titled "My Brilliant Brain[1]" (USA title: "Brain Child").

His musical idol is famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang.[1] They have performed publicly together twice to date. Marc made his Proms debut with Lang Lang in London on 31 August 2008. They performed Schubert's Fantasia in F minor for piano duet, D940.[4] Marc made his Carnegie Hall debut on October 27, 2009, when he again performed the Schubert Fantasia with Lang Lang.

He was homeschooled[1][2] by his mother, who over the years taught him English, Mandarin, and Cantonese Chinese, including Chinese calligraphy.[1]

Marc lived in San Francisco with his family and attended The Nueva School.[5]

Currently, Marc is majoring in film scoring at the Berklee College of Music.[6]

References
  1. "My Brilliant Brain". Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. "Davidson Fellows Scholarship Recipients - 10th Anniversary Success Stories". www.davidsongifted.org. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. 005 Davidson Fellows
  4. BBC Proms coverage of Lang Lang recital
  5. "REVIEW: A Revealing Look at the Hidden Lives of Child Prodigies". 10 January 2018.
  6. Where Are They Now?: Ellen's Talented Kids

http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/22/local/me-prodigy22/2


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