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young musicians showcased from the top. My name is Derek Wang. It's a pleasure to be here. So

Kaya, why don't you tell us how old you are? I'm 12 years old. So Kaya

Selden, 12 years old from Portland, Oregon. And what did we just here?

What an extraordinary piece?

I mean, it was such a privilege for me

to be sort of riding along with you

as sparks were flying and such manic energy.

What is it about this piece?

We played Skertza Tarontel by Vignaski, and so Tarantel is a kind of dance from Italy, and it's like when you get bitten by a tarantula there's venom in your body so you have to

dance to get it all out of your body so it's like really fast and really crazy but

there's also some really lyrical sections that are like full of love and

like singing and so yeah there's a lot of contrasts and things like that yeah.

Thank you so much, Kaya.

We were so excited to hear you.

And so here we have Noah Lee.

So what you have for us today is a selection that's really one of the freshest

sounding pieces for solo cello that uses the instrument in surprising ways, but for me,

I mean, it's pure cello at the same time and what is it that you're

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