Meet 12-year old Raffi Arto. This child prodigy is only 12 years old and his talent is simply amazing! You've got to watch the video below to see how talented he is. It's great to see youngsters that dedicate themselves to something other than playing video games at home! Here's some more information about Raffi from his website:
Around the time most children of 6 years old are playing with Legos and watching cartoons, Raffi Arto already knew what he wanted to do. At 6 years old, he watched the movie scene from “Back To The Future” where Marty McFly plays the guitar at a school dance to an amazed crowd. Raffi stood up and proclaimed – “Daddy! I know what I want to do! I want to play Rock & Roll!”
A year later, there was a piano instead of a guitar, and at age 7 he learned his very first tune from the American songbook, the classic “Blueberry Hill” as played by Fats Domino. As the days progressed, his father came home from work and wondered who was sneaking in to give Raffi piano lessons, because every day there would be a new song or two. Elvis. Chuck Berry. Little Richard. Eddie Cochran. Ray Charles. Raffi had been turned on to rock’n’roll by his father, and Youtube helped to expand his knowledge day by day. He has now over 150 songs in his repertoire ranging from classic R&B to Rock’n’Roll, Pop, Classical, Rockabilly, Country, Soul, and more.
12-year-old “Rockin” Raffi Arto, the singing and piano-playing phenom from Paris, France, is a rollicking rhythm machine. He’s got a cannon in his left hand and a rifle in his right. The piano itself comes to life in his hands.. Boogie-woogie, blues, soul, R&B, pop, classical, and of course piano-pounding Rock’n’Roll. While his hands beat a rhythm, he belts out the lyrics with passion and ferocity like there’s no tomorrow.
