The Balzats Scherzo - Van Goens

[violingirlsarah123]

Incredible. I can't believe he was 8 when he played the piece like that! Wonderful.

[XYZmusician]

oh my god :) big talent:) nice (Y)

[stevemaster247]

you gotta be kidding me...

[okbuthow]

How Many years have he played cello?

[nomes777]

how amazing!!

[fiddlinjake1]

awesome job little man

[mooky118]

Finally a non proffesional who can decently play a song on youtube...

[madalinaa20945]

wow.. u rock.. cooll...but you're tired.. right?

[katiedempsey]

This is amazing for his age, but this kid looks SO miserable playing it! Look at the bags under his eyes, it looks like hasn't had a good night's sleep since kindergarten.

"hey Matt, wanna come play soccer with us?"

"I can't, I gotta practice cello."

"But you've been practicing cello for eight hours a day every day for FIVE YEARS!"

I blame the parents.

[Fredank]

I totally agree. But then again, I'd give up some soccer with friends to be as good as him... he's not deprived of anything; its just a matter of perception.

[SnazzzlePop]

Whatever, thats his game face

[violaannie9]

I know the family and can assure you this comment is definitely ill-informed. Give the kid a break - he's got a camera in his face and bad lighting.

And yes he is home schooled.

[antiphonebill]

This is the classical music world. I wonder if he has a bunch of siblings getting oppressed as well... quite common. That's the way it is in our family

[mcduck5]

@antiphonebill I know the Family- No ways mate :)

[HADmaverick]

He's basically a prodigy. Probably home schooled though.

[LabMama8]

Good grief, people....this child is EIGHT YEARS OLD! He's amazing - especially for such a tender age. My money says the snippy critics can't perform this piece half as well. Matthias, you are wonderful, dear!

[sertha]

He's cheating! He's skipping the hard parts, or at least Making them easier!

[MdnssG]

He's good. Someone teach me a good bow technique for this song

[Bigbug123456]

i just learned this piece, and im twice his age! And yes, this piece is generally played lighning fast, about twice as fast as hes playing, and hes got some intonation issues, but hey, I never would have played that well at his age..

[lasik4u]

You might be going to be a top cellist in the world one day :)

Can you teach me how to play this piece?

[pbaron23]

Very very nice!

[Indovinelli]

Wow I´m really surprised about this guy!

i play this piece too, am thirteen and have many problems with it.

Really Good, awesome and played fantastic. wow!

[nkip9230]

hes decent

this piece is generally played faster, and their could be better tone on the upper strings.

[Indovinelli]

I think for his age its really fantastic!!

he´s round abound 10 and he´s talented i think.

but you´re stil right with your criticism.

[Xycondetsu]

He has a right to an opinion.

[CelloMan44]

wow this kid is good