10-year-old pianist Taige Wang performs Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 during a From the Top recording in 2021.

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We’ve gone back in our archive to rediscover gobsmackingly-memorable performances by some of the youngest performers to appear on From the Top. All of today’s young musicians are 12 or younger and some of them have gone on to impressive careers, including a violinist now in the London Philharmonic. Wipe your jaw off the floor and enjoy!

Performers & Repertoire

• Pianist Oscar Paz-Suaznabar, 8, from Show 296 in 2014

  Sonata No. 52 in G major, Hob. XVI:39: III.  Prestissimo by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• Violinist Alice Ivy-Pemberton, 10, from Show 174 in 2008

   Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 86: I.  Prima Parte (“Lassu”) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
• Guitarist Emilia Diaz Delgado, 11, from Show 388 in 2020

  Etude No. 11 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
• Cellist Lev Mamuya, 11, from Show 174 in 2008

  Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49: III. Allegretto by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
• Cellist Joshua Kováç, 12, from Show 382 in 2020

  Polonaise De Concert in D Minor, Op. 14 by David Popper (1843-1913)
• Flutist Helen McGarr, 12, from Show 96 in 2004

  Flute Sonata, FP 164: I. Allegro malinconico by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
• Pianist Taige Wang, 10, from Show 400 in 2021

  Hungarian Rhapsody No.11, S.244 in A minor by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) /
• Violinist Corina Deng, 12, from Show 381

  Excerpts from Tzigane by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

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• Monday, September 7, 2026

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