- Alma Deutscher has mastered a wide range of classical works
- She also plays her own compositions including a short opera
- Surrey schoolgirl's YouTube channel has attracted more than 75,000 hits
- Admirers include actor Stephen Fry, who posted a video of her on Twitter
So it's no wonder that classical music lovers are comparing Alma Deutscher with Mozart.
The Surrey schoolgirl has her own YouTube channel to show her ability, and she can even count actor Stephen Fry among her growing number of admirers.
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Gifted: Young musician Alma Deutscher, pictured
playing the violin at the age of six, has been compared to Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
Natural: Alma Deutscher's playing has gone from
strength to strength since she was given her first violin for her third
birthday
Alma lives near Dorking with her parents Guy, 43, a linguist and amateur flautist, and Janie, 39, an academic.
Her father has revealed that she could name the notes on a piano by the age of two, and she received her first violin for her third birthday.
Within a year, she was playing Handel. Her videos prove that she has gone on to master works by composers including Schubert, Haydn and Mozart himself.
Impressive: Alma (left) can play works by many famous composers, including Mozart himself (right)
Enchanted: Actor Stephen Fry is among Alma Deutscher's growing number of admirers
The YouTube channel has attracted more than 75,000 views and has more than 250 subscribers.
Earlier this year, Alma composed a short opera called The Sweeper of Dreams, which she entered into a competition run by the English National Opera to find young classical musicians.
The composition narrowly missed out on making the final.
'I want people to know how I play,' Alda told the Independent, adding that when she is older she wants to 'compose like Mozart, play the violin like Perlman and play the piano like Barenboim'.
Her father said: 'What she is doing now is definitely no less sophisticated than what Mozart was doing at her age.
'What that says about the future, only the future will tell.'
Mozart was composing pieces by the age of five, which he played to his father Leopold who wrote them down.
He went on to compose more than 600 works. He died in 1791, aged 35.
Praise: Stephen Fry compared Alma to Mozart in a message posted on microblogging website Twitter
Plaudits: The talented young musician takes a bow after performing a piece on her violin
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