prodigy
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“Music Against the Night” is the story of two children, an orphan and a musical prodigy, both of whom are born at a time when European culture was the enemy of children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Zverev has done exactly that to record the greatest season of a career which had threatened to fall short of the lofty expectations placed on him since he emerged as a teenage prodigy.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
But for that all that, the shy teenager said: "I don't think I am what people describe as a prodigy."
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Her tale of a onetime music prodigy takes in the ambition of an artist at her peak and the “spiral of life-altering disasters” that bring her crashing to earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
There Kelvin proved himself such a prodigy that he was admitted to Glasgow University at the exceedingly tender age of ten.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
He is determined that his career should not fizzle out, which has happened with some other young prodigies in the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its clashes—between young prodigies and seasoned grandmasters, diverging national loyalties and opposing personalities—have inspired fiction, films, a popular Netflix series and a current Broadway musical revival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Estevao scored a breathtaking solo Champions League goal to win the battle of the teenage prodigies against Lamine Yamal on Tuesday as Chelsea humbled 10-man Barcelona 3-0.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Partly because he treated us kids like miniature adults; not prodigies, not pests, just small people doing something brave together.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
The vast majority of child prodigies don't become adult geniuses.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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