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    Classical music’s child prodigies

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    10. Bellini

    Legend has it that Bellini could sing arias before he’d even hit age two. He started playing the piano at five, but his most enduring works are from his later years, between age 29 and 33.

    1. Image 1: Mozart as a young child
    2. Image 2: Young Beethoven aged 13
    3. Image 3: Martha Argerich - Piano Concerto No.3
    4. Image 4: Claudio Arrau as a child
    5. Image 5: Sarah Chang - Violinist
    6. Image 6: Young Daniel Barenboim performing as a child
    7. Image 7: Composer Bizet
    8. Image 8: Evgeny Kissin
    9. Image 9: young Charlotte Church platinum disc voice of an angel
    10. Image 10: Bellini 25 images

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