Charles Guyard / Photo credit: Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP (Illustration) 11:05 a.m., February 3, 2024
At only 15 years old, Arielle Beck is already an established pianist. The teenager is participating this Saturday in the 30th edition of La Folle jour de Nantes. Europe 1 was able to meet this young prodigy, who leads an extraordinary existence, but a little different from young people her age.
A 15-year-old virtuoso. Arielle Beck, the prodigy pianist with golden hands, is participating in the 30th edition of La Folle jour de Nantes, a classical music festival. Europe 1 was able to meet her. Corneille wrote it, Arielle Beck confirms it: “talent does not wait for the number of years”. At 15 years old, the teenager sets no limits for herself. Her life, she is convinced, will be spent behind a keyboard. "I prefer to dedicate myself to that completely. I think it's better, in your mind, to be very clear with yourself, telling yourself that that's all there is."
“I’m not on social media at all.”
No plan B for the virtuoso recognized in the four corners of Europe who follows her education remotely, aware that she leads an existence a little out of step with young people of her age. "Of course it's a little different: I don't go shopping, I've never played sports with balls hitting my hands too hard, it's not possible, I can't do tennis, it requires one arm more than the other... I'm not on social networks at all, but maybe that's good, I have other things to do and that's not a problem" , explains the young girl.
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