This one schoolboy violinist is just built different! A musician known as Hoodie Violinist went viral on YouTube earlier this year after his insane skills on the violin at a local talent show blew the minds of music lovers worldwide. The talented young man performed a gorgeous violin piece by E’lissa Jones called “Before The Sun” which began with a yearning melody, before transitioning to a lively jig that viewers compared to the sound of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Hoodie Violinist, who looks to be about 12 years old, performed his show-stopper at a talent show at Monhagen Middle School in Middletown, New York. The audience gave a thunderous applause at the end, and you can bet he became the most popular kid on the playground after that show! The Music Man readers won’t be surprised to hear that Hoodie Violinist also blew up big time online, with 1.2 million viewers tuning in to hear his epic performance!
Hoodie Violinist uploaded his talent show performance on January 28, 2024, on his YouTube channel. He has since accumulated 7,140 subscribers – not bad for a kid who only has three uploads! Many viewers were highly impressed that the talented violinist had attained such incredible skill on his instrument at such a young age.
Viewers added comments such as “I love how the massive applause is cut off so we only get the first half a second of feral roaring in our ears” and “I gotta say, you have talent! I have been playing the violin for seven years now and I can barely do anything like that. You’re one heck of a violinist.” Amazing performances from violin prodigies have become somewhat of a YouTube genre, with another popular video showcasing a French youngster playing a stunning version of “River Flows in You.”
Hoodie Violinist is somewhat of a mystery performer, as his YouTube channel is fairly bare-bones. The young musician describes himself on the channel as “just an aspiring violinist in a hoodie.” He founded his channel on March 31, 2020, and his viral talent show performance was his first ever upload. Talk about a big entrance!
In the past four months, he has followed up his talent show upload with a performance at school and another one with an orchestra at a music camp. He’s clearly a big E’lissa Jones fan, as the school video also showcased his solo performance of “Before The Sun.” The Music Man is sure we’ll hear lots of great things from the Hoodie Violinist in the future!
If you would like to hear more from this talented musician, you can subscribe to Hoodie Violinist’s YouTube Channel for more incredible music.