VIDEO: Sixth-grader performs with a typewriter and becomes a social media sensation

Sixth-grader Boris Dyachenko captivated social media users with an unusual musical performance on stage at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. The young musician played a part on a typewriter as part of a symphony orchestra.

A video of the performance was posted by pianist Olga Krychynska, who teaches the boy. According to her, Boris is performing a piece by American composer Leroy Anderson, in which a typewriter is used as a full-fledged musical instrument.

The schoolboy not only presses the keys in time with the orchestra but also uses the characteristic sound of the carriage as part of the musical accompaniment.

The performance took place alongside the symphony orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine under the baton of conductor Volodymyr Sirenko.

The video quickly gained popularity on social media and garnered hundreds of positive comments. Among those who praised the young musician’s talent was singer Svitlana Tarabarova, who called the performance “amazing.”

Internet users also praised Boris’s skill, the originality of the performance, and the work of his teacher.

Source: Olga Krychynska.

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