Meet the six-year-old French pianist who plays Rachmaninoff


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Guillaume Benoliel poses with his medal of Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music in front of his piano at his home near Paris. Photo: Reuters

When Guillaume Benoliel sits at the piano stool rehearsing Rachmaninoff's Italian Polka for a forthcoming concert, his feet dangle in the air.

"I've met talented people in my career but not like him," said Benoliel's teacher, Serguei Kouznetsov.

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