Hold onto your metronomes! 16-year-old piano whiz Teddy Liu tackles Chopin’s Etude Op. 10 No. 4 with the kind of velocity and precision that would make even seasoned virtuosi sweat. This etude is basically Chopin’s version of a sprint through a hurricane and Teddy seems to relish the challenge. Watching his fingers fly across the keyboard is like watching downhill skiing at warp speed: exhilarating, slightly terrifying, and proof that the next generation is rewriting the rules of virtuosity.

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