I know this isn’t exactly the attitude that you’d expect from a “child prodigy” who got their B.A. three days after becoming a legal adult, but here I am. The “child prodigy ...

"The danger is that we're creating machines that can play any piece at any speed," says Gabriela Montero, the celebrated Venezuelan pianist, who was herself a child prodigy. "It's a worrisome ...

Anime’s imaginative storytelling is filled with familiar tropes, and one of the most enduring is the "child prodigy." These young characters, blessed with intellect or abilities far beyond their ...

"I've seen my birth certificate." Psychologist Ellen Winner, a professor emerita at Boston College, and a leading authority on child prodigies, said Suborno demonstrates the hallmarks of a child ...

A prodigy is a child younger than 10 years old who shows astounding proficiency in one or more artistic or academic fields. These remarkable youngsters have inspired wonder and awe.

Mozart began composing at five and wrote a symphony aged eight Child prodigies are nothing new. Mozart began composing aged five, and chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer played what became known as the ...

Adulated, hailed, praised, the child prodigy seemed to have everything to succeed. From the top of his vertiginous successes, to depths of torment, the life of the "Little Canadian Mozart" blends ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — One of the newest employees at SpaceX has been described as a child prodigy who skipped elementary school and will graduate from college this week at the tender age of 14.

When I asked my colleague, art critic Christopher Knight, what he made of the latest story about a child art prodigy, he replied, “the new Alexandra Nechita — the Petite Picasso!” ...