The audition went well and, a week later while on the phone with a friend, he noticed a new email from Berklee College of Music about his admission and scholarship status. He was traveling on his own and felt nervous prior to the audition, but the anticipation was exciting, too. He says he wanted to come to the United States mainly because he craved competition, feeling Iran was no longer a big enough stage for him.įor his audition, Darabi had to go to Chengdu, China, where people barely spoke any English. At age 18, and on his friend’s advice, Darabi decided to apply to Berklee College of Music. He trained his ear as best as he could and then took classes with Hamzeh Yeganeh, an acclaimed jazz musician in Iran. When he tried out jazz for the first time, he was hooked right away. Darabi familiarized himself with other music genres, as well, by providing the piano accompaniment in countless live gigs. Darabi then became a protégé of the Armenian Gagik Babayan, who instructed him in classical music for a decade. His mother, a piano teacher herself, taught him for several years. He didn’t then know how difficult it would be to get to Boston, to fulfill his dreams.ĭarabi started playing the piano at the age of 3 - he still has a foggy memory of pressing the black-and-white keys for the very first time. He had already established himself as a piano prodigy in his home country, released a full-length debut album and performed in numerous prominent venues, including Tehran’s Roudaki Hall. His parents said they wanted the boy to perform in Vietnam to expose him to his ancestry through exposure to the local lifestyle and music.When the Iranian pianist and composer, Amir Darabi, was accepted to Berklee College of Music this past summer, everything seemed to be going his way. Le will perform on a second night in central Vietnam’s Hoi An City two days later to raise money for the Hoi An Foundation. The one-night concert will take place in the academy’s auditorium in District 3 and the money raised from ticket sales will be donated to the Trinh Cong Son Music Scholarship fund for underprivileged music talents. The boy will return to Vietnam next week to perform at a Christmas charity concert held in Ho Chi Minh City by SOUL Music and Performing Arts Academy. Le earned international recognition in March, when he made an appearance in the televised show Little Big Shots produced by American broadcaster NBC, where he stunned host Steve Harley with his recital of two classical pieces. The prodigy also composes his own pieces from impromptu melodies that form in his head. He is considered an early talent by instructors at the academy, who praise his ability to recite piano pieces without looking at the music sheet only after a few days of practice. state of California.īorn in 2011 in Torrance, California, Le began piano lessons at just three years old at the Virtuosos Russian Music Academy in Westminster, California.
Le is the second child to Vietnamese-American parents in the U.S.
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Your browser does not support the audio element.Įvan Le, a five-year-old boy who stunned American TV host Steve Harley with his mad piano skills, will perform in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday next week in a charity concert.
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