Culture & Religion — June 7, 2010

Pianist Hilda Huang, 14: Big Think’s Youngest Expert Ever

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Pianist Hilda Huang, 14, visited Big Think today to tell us about her love of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In March she became the youngest person ever to win the Würzburg, the international Bach competition in Bavaria, Germany—and she is the youngest person we’ve ever interviewed for Big Think. Huang, who started playing the piano at the age of three, is also one of the musicians featured in Michael Lawrence’s wonderful new documentary Bach & Friends.

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