China's Li Jie, performing Andrew York's Sunburst..
Jie was born in 1981, and began studying the guitar at age 11, a very late age for most master musicians. At the age of 17, she won the international guitar championship.
I was looking for a classical piece to post and stumbled across that. I'm blown away. It is quite simply astonishing, and an amazing display of pure human genius.
She was 14 when this was recorded.. christ.. ...
Think that's amazing? Watch a 9 year old boy play it..
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