Alma Deutscher

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Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 2005) is an English composer, pianist and violinist. A child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five. At seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams. Aged nine, she wrote a violin concerto. At the age of ten, she wrote her first full-length opera, Cinderella, which had its European premiere in Vienna in 2016 under the patronage of conductor Zubin Mehta, and its U.S. premiere a year later. Deutscher's piano concerto was premiered when she was 12. She has lived in Vienna, Austria since 2018. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2019 in a concert dedicated to her own composition. Background and education Alma Elizabeth Deutscher was born on 19 February 2005, in Basingstoke, England.[1] She is the daughter of literary scholar Janie Deutscher (née Steen) and linguist Guy Deutscher. Deutscher also has a younger sister, Helen Clara.[2][3] She began playing piano at the age of two, followed by violin at three. Her strong affinity to music was apparent from an early age. She could sing in perfect pitch before she could speak, and she could read music before she could read words.[3] In a 2017 interview with the Financial Times, Deutscher said: "I remember when I was three and I was listening to a lullaby by Richard Strauss, I loved it! I especially loved the harmony; I always call it the Strauss harmony now. And after it finished I asked my parents "How could music be so beautiful?"[4] She received a lit

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From My Book of Melodies

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When the Day Falls into Darkness (From "Cinderella")

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I Think of You

Deutscher: The Music of Alma Deutscher

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Up in the Sky (From "Cinderella")

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The Lonely Pine-Tree

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Deutscher: Two Songs from Cinderella

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Alma Deutscher, Deutscher: The Music Of Alma Deutscher

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Musique classique pour travailler, lire, dormir

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Classical at Home

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Silence : Musique calme et apaisante

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Piano Music at Home

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