Too young to be vaccinated, pianist Brigitte Xie, 4, will not be able to play at Carnegie Hall

At only 4 years old, Brigitte Xie is a little piano prodigy. This year, the young American musician won a competition for young talent which gave her the opportunity to perform on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York in November. But for that she would have had to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and at her age this is not possible.

In the United States vaccination is only allowed from the age of 12

Bad luck for Brigitte Xie’s parents who were delighted to be able to admire their daughter playing on November 22 at Carnegie Hall as part of the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition. At 4, she would have been one of the youngest artists to perform there. Unfortunately the famous New York performance hall requires that all artists who take the stage be vaccinated against Covid-19, but in the United States vaccination is only possible from the age of 12

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A setback that does not seem to disturb the peace and innocence of Brigitte. Her mother, Nicole Sun, herself a pianist, says that the day she told him that she had won a competition and that she was going to perform in front of lots of people in a large concert hall, her daughter simply replied. ” Okay, but can we go to the Disney store now? « .

Brigitte Xie is the youngest winner of the Elite International Music Competition

It is certainly only a postponement, as the little girl shows precocious talent for the piano that she only started to learn at the end of the year 2020 when she was only 3 ½ years old. . Her father, Tao Xie, says he enrolled her in online piano lessons, given by a famous teacher from Greenwich, to keep her occupied during lockdown last fall.

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But Brigitte Xie quickly got caught up in the game and Felicia Feng Zhang, the teacher in question, quickly realized how much the girl had an extraordinary gift for the piano and even entered her in competitions for children 3 months later. . And it is thanks to her interpretation of a piece by Mozart on the occasion of the Elite International Music Competition (normally reserved for young talents aged 6 to 22!), Of which she was, last May, the youngest winner. , which she earned the right to go on stage at Carnegie Hall. But when ?

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