Higher standards??!! What the heck??? Give me a break! This girl is 12 years old for goodness sake! Geesh!
We're talking Amateur Hour here. There are occasional kids her age who actually compete with adults. I didn't get to hear Sara Chang (violinist) when she was nine years old but I have a recording she made at that age. It's very impressive. I heard Hillary Hahn (also a violinist) play with the NY Philharmonic when she was 14, and while I didn't think she was on the same level as Perlman and Mutter, she really was damn good. The only reason to put forward the performance of a 12 year-old is to compare her to adults. This one doesn't make it, at lease so far as classical singing is concerned.
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