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Martin Leung (born 1986), also known as the Video Game Pianist or the Blindfolded Pianist, is one of the first pianists to gain worldwide recognition for playing popular video game music on the piano, both in concert venues and in online videos. Unlike many recognized musicians, Leung's breakthrough occurred almost entirely online when, on 2 July 2004,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra: Russian Romance )〕 a video of him playing the Super Mario Bros. theme blindfolded debuted on eBaum's World and later appeared on numerous viral video websites. Leung has been covered by Advanced Media Network, ''The Plain Dealer'', Nintendo Power, GAME Magazine, CUBE Magazine, Night Life Montreal, MTV, 1UP.com, GameSpot, and Slashdot. == Early life == Born in Hong Kong to Chinese and Japanese parents, Leung moved to California when he was three years old and began taking interest in the piano at the age of 4 when, after hearing his sister play, he began imitating songs. His parents noticed his potential and enrolled him in piano lessons. By the late 1990s, Leung had developed into a talented musician, placing first two times at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, once in 1998 and once in 2000, and placing third at the 2002 Oberlin Piano Festival. Leung made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2003 at the age of 16 in the Isaac Stern Auditorium, performing Mendelssohn's Concerto No. 1 - Presto. In 2004, as a high school senior at University High School, Leung put two of his passions — piano and videogames — together, listening to the music of Super Mario repetitively so he could arrange it for piano. On 2 July 2004,〔 the video he and a friend had created of him performing songs from the Super Mario Bros. series blindfolded debuted on eBaum's World and later appeared on other websites. Leung is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance at the University of Southern California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In this together: New home for neuroscience at USC is as much a visual triumph as an embodiment of the belief that neuroscience and the humanities belong together )〕 He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Yale School of Music with a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in piano performance, respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cleveland Institute of Music Announcements )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yale School of Music Degrees Conferred May 24, 2010 )〕 Leung has several goals he wishes to accomplish: promote and elevate the image of video game music, enhance the piano’s image so that it will become a more mainstream instrument, and to help increase awareness of classical music.〔http://www.videogamepianist.com/missionstatement.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Video Game Pianist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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