Hehe, thanks a lot Don. I did not know there are different kinds of channels, and I was amazed they upscaled the video to 1080p, I am pretty sure I rendered it in 720p ;D
well, I thought it might be nice for you all to have the full translation, so here it is. I am not satisfied with the translation, found two small mistakes, and my English is awful at some point, but I hope you understand the meaning
I keep watching this report, and I am so happy to see it. I think classical talents like Emily have a good stand in Europe, and it really is fun to see this very positive report about her. I wonder how they found her
The child prodigy at the piano.
A nine year old girl.
They call her the new Mozart.
Emily Bear plays piano and composes |since she was 2 years old.
A child prodigy who sees herself as a normal child.
(Emily) I know that I have something special, |but I am only a normal girl playing piano ...
(speaker) ... if you put aside the genius.
The piano is her life, not only a game*.
Her foremost passion: composing. - |Like this piece ...
I love everything around the piano, |but foremost I like composing,
because then I feel incredibly free.
Her mother Andrea recognized Emily's special |talent when she was only 2 years old.
My older son, who was then 6 years old, |took piano lessions on Saturday.
The parents could watch, and I had Emily with me.
After the lession Emily toddled to the piano and |replayed what the others had learned all morning.
And the teachers were like ...
It's her grandmother Merle - a piano teacher herself - |who realizes the incredible talent of Emily.
She heard someone playing the piano, |and assumed it was her brother Benji
Emily was sitting at the piano and played |precise scales with three fingers,
up and down again - she was 2 then - |I was floored. It was unbelievable!
but scales are only the beginning
I thought: "Oh my god, everything I show |her she memorizes in one second".
And then she started to compose |her first pieces, real pieces*.
All that without one single lession!
She took her first real piano classes |when she was five, not earlier.
Ten months later she had her first concert, |with quite a difficult program.
The debut of a prodigy ...
But a prodigy's talent sometimes has it's dark sides, too.
Is Emily under pressure from her parents?
We find a normal, happy child. |When Emily does not create music
she attends a regular public school, |or she plays with friends or with her sister Lauren.
Although the piano stands by far in the first place.
Well, usually I practice a little bit before I go to school.
After the school I compose a bit.
Then some classic and jazz, and then we have dinner,
and after that I play a bit at the piano, and then I go to bed.
But now even for the completely normal |child prodigy something very special is impending
She is supposed to play in the world |famous Carnegie hall - with 9 years.
That is a first-time. This is a big deal, |and she does understands that,
and she is super excited, |and starts really to practice for it.
Carnegie hall is the measure of all things.
Such a young child never achieved that.
I learned two months ago that |I am supposed to play there,
and I was: "What? What? What?"
Emily will play three own compositions and a Jazz Boogie.
Only so far it does not work.
Right now she still can laugh about it.
5 o'clock next morning:
start of the journey to New York, |four days until the big performance.
Now even Emily gets the stage fright.
Yeah, I am really excited.
Because soon she will stand in the most famous concert hall of the world.
But first of all they are in Big Apple
We are now in New York and on the way to the hotel|I am looking forward for the city.
It is so amazing here -|I love New York.
Little girl - big city.
The first visit is a favorite place:
we are visiting Steinway Hall, the most terrific place in the world. |There are so many pianos!
Steinway produces the most famous pianos of the world,
but only the best are allowed to practice here.
Everytime Emily is in New York she is allowed to do.
That's why she knows everyone there.
Actually she only wants to reel off her program here.
But then we witness one of those magical moments ...|Emily composes ...
she plays a new piece ...|without interrupting ... without correcting herself.
Emily does not compose on paper, |she plays from intuition, and can repeat it spot-on.
It is simply there, then.
Can you play that again?
I want to record it, it was awesome.
Emily can read musical notes, |but she can't write fast enough.
That's why her mother Andrea films her. |A small recording device is always at hand
I am always following her with this small camera, |although she can remember everything she plays
But she composes so many of them, |sometimes 20 pieces a day.
Someone later transferrs the records to written notes.
Emily meanwhile has composed more than 400 pieces that way, |as if there was only she and her music.
It's as if I am surrounded by something.
Is it music around you?
It is as if I am in a different place, |in my own little world.
But the real world also is exciting. |Shopping in New York turns the prodigy into a very normal girl.
With small differences:|she takes most interest in the classical music department.
New music is like nutrition for Emily
According to scientists she has perfect pitch. |That's why she can memorize the music and play it later at the piano.
But her centurie's talent now is to be tested: |a poster at the most famous hall in the world,
and on it: Emily's name!
When I saw the poster on our way back |home I only thought: Oh my god!
One day to the performance ...
One more rehearsal in Steinway hall, |the usual procedure:
Emily's legs are too short for the the concert grand piano.
The little Mozart needs a pedestal.
And then everything is fine!
Emily was at the holiday camp. |When she came home she ran for the piano.
Yes, this one - and she embraced the piano and played this new piece. |And she said: "I am home", and that's the name of that piece: "At Home"
O.k. now the boogie. (Speaker) because only one day before |the performance the difficult boogie still needs practice.
Andrea tries to not only correct her daughter, |but also to strengthen her self confidence.
I think this sounds fine, but it may be fun to play it at even a bit faster pace.
Emily searches eye contact with her mother, |but she will not be able to do in the hall.
Then she will have to manage without Andrea ...
The only thing I can think of, when I imagine to play |on the best stage of the world at the piano, is
me when I am playing that very last note.
Suddenly the genius is only just a little, nine year old girl.
I have quite some butterflies in my stomach, |thinking of that last note.
Against excitement there is a recipe: distraction.
Although it is already late, |Emily is allowed to visit her favorite place: Time Square.
That was so amazing, all the colorful lights around.
Oh yes, and tomorrow ...
Is the concert at Carnegie Hall, |I am so excited, it is such an honour.
Thursday morning, the big day arrived.
Dress rehearsal at St Pauls Church.
Because Emily's composition "Peace" will be performed |with big orchestra and a 220 head choir.
Only now she realizes how many people will sing and play her song.
The choirmaster talks with her about the entries,
but Emily can't see the conductor, |the grand is too big and she is too small.
Then Emily plays her song, for the first time |accompanied by two solo singers and the huge choir.
How does she feel with that?
Small, really puny!
But the reward comes immediately: |Emily's father and her siblings arrived to support her at her big performance.
I am nervous, nervous in her place it seems,
because she seems relaxed. I am not.
But she will make it, we all are happy to be here.
And the whole family is proud of her.
Are you excited? Do you feel good? Good! Awesome.
Three hours still,
and so short before the biggest performance of her life, |Emily becomes more and more relaxed.
Andrea and the little one retreat for the last preperations.
In her thoughts she is already on the big stage and begins to focus.
A 9 year old girl, and in a few moments the youngest |pianist and composer ever on the world's most famous stage.
If everything goes well today it will be her |entrance to the top league of the music world.
Carnegie Hall fills with 3000 people, her family between.
All wait for Emily, the youngest artist ever to perform here.
The little girl plays her song "Peace" together with |100 musicians and 220 singers in the Carnegie Hall.
The first part is finished, and is a success.
(Emily) That was absolutely amazing. (Andrea) Congratulations, little one. |(Emily) thank you.
But the most difficult part still is to come: |the ambitious boogie. A solo.
Emily has the most important stage of the world solely for her own.
She gives her demanding audience a magical moment.
No one at Carnegie Hall ever has experienced such:
the metamorphosis of a child prodigy into a star.
Emily Bear achieved it!
*I think I went wrong here. the word "Spiel" could mean "playing the piano" here.
** if I remember right she says "real music" here.