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Peter Bence
12+ albums
pianoClassicalSoundtracksclassical crossoverhungary
about
Peter Bence is a Hungarian pianist, composer and music producer. He has gained considerable popularity with his piano arrangements of Despacito, Michael Jackson, Queen and Sia collecting over 500 million video hits and a popular following on his YouTube channel and Facebook page. His most viewed video of all time is his lively rendition of "Despacito." Bence holds a Master of Arts in Film Scoring and Electronic Production & Design from the Berklee College of Music. Between January 2012 and March 2017 he held the world record for most piano key hits in one minute according to the Guinness book of records. Peter Bence started playing the piano at an early age and finished his first own composition, at age 7, which was heavily influenced by the music of Mozart and Chopin. In 2002, at 11 he published his first solo piano album of his early compositions called Green Music. In 2008 he released his second album Nightfall.[citation needed] The sheet music for his composition Piano Piece Based on Fibonacci Sequence, an audition piece performed in 2009, was requested by many pianists. He was considered a musical prodigy by teachers and peers, and was already accepted at Franz Liszt University of Music in Debrecen, while he was still enrolled at elementary school. In his teens, Peter started to show great interest in film music, especially the music of John Williams, which has opened up a new world for him and made him further explore himself musically. After his training in classica
