When a young man called Olivier sat down at the piano in King’s Cross Station in London, most people passing by likely thought they were about to hear nothing more than a pleasant little tune, or perhaps a small boy having a go at an easy piano piece. Little did they know, however, that Olivier was about to blow all expectations out of the water.
In fact, as soon as his fingers touched the keys, it became immediately obvious that Olivier was no ordinary child pianist. Some viewers of the video have gone so far as to call him a piano prodigy, his fingers dancing across the keys as he plays a fast boogie-woogie tune with the talent and experience of someone three or four times his age.
This admiration for Olivier and his unbelievable piano talents is also reflected elsewhere in the YouTube comments section. “In a world of madness thank heavens for the talented young ones”, reads the video’s top comment, while another says “this kid has got a gift, boogie woogie is not easy”.
Olivier isn’t just a one-trick pony either, Music Man readers. Videos on his YouTube channel show him turning his hand to lots of other styles of piano playing aside from boogie woogie. The video below, for instance, shows him accompanying a singer called Aleksandra in a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’.
Where Olivier’s real talents lie, however, as many of his other YouTube videos reveal, is in playing boogie woogie. As revealed in the first video we showed you today, he clearly loves playing this kind of piano piece, his admiration for the material shining through and giving his performances that extra bit of star quality.
Olivier’s jaw-dropping Kings Cross performance proves he’s no ordinary young pianist — a true prodigy. If you’re as captivated as we are, discover more about his music, videos and coverage via the useful links below this paragraph.