15-year-old Pianist Touches Hearts and Souls at Mayo Clinic

Alex Walton-Creutz began drawing crowds by playing the piano at Mayo Clinic when he was just eight years old and started coming to the clinic with his mother, Lynnette. Lynnette is a patient at Mayo and comes for treatment at least once a year. When he was eight, Alex was playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and the Pathetique Sonata. At 15 he is playing his own compositions. Alex plays by ear and is always composing.

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[YABAtheDRUG357]

he looks nervous.

[TheNiceGuy975]

anyone know the song title for the song he plays at 3:25 ?

[LosIlluminados]

@goodguysdoll also, sorry about 1 year reply, it just caught my eye. i hate to be the party pooper, but you have every right reason to state that comment.

[LosIlluminados]

@goodguysdoll as arrogant as this guy sounds, i agree with him. each and every word. although it's nice he plays something like this without music training of any real sort, this is pretty much me drifting down memory lane when i played level 6 music. moonlight sonata (3rd mvt at least) was in level 6. it kinda puts down people who have been playing seriously and learning all contexts of piano when someone says that "he's well beyond Beethoven."

[SiennaReed]

@elizabethsingstar16 thanks :)

[elizabethsingstar16]

@SiennaReed Never give up!

[Yotes4Life]

@Pockytastic That's unfortunate. Especially because you know absolutely nothing about this individual except the brief story he told and that he is good at piano, yet you wish to be with someone like him...

[SiennaReed]

Wow he us so amazing! his music is just so beautiful. I play the piano too and I don't think I'm ever gonna play as good as him.

[kalldridge]

His music is so beautiful! :')

[paddledpink]

It's wonderful to see a young man do something positive in life instead of going out to get high, drive drunk or get a girl pregnant. I only hope he continues on this path in his life. :)