Hey.
Hey, you were supposed to be here in March,
and then the pandemic hit.
And we had to cancel you, and I'm so glad you're here.
I know.
It's been so long.
It's been like six months.
I'm twice as pumped up, because it's been so long.
It's a real biggie for me to be here.
Thank you, Ellen, for inviting me on The Ellen Show.
Thank you.
I'm glad-- I'm glad it's a biggie for someone who's played
Carnegie Hall five times.
So you're nine years old.
When did you start playing cello?
I started playing cello like 3 and 1/2 years ago,
when I was five.
I really like playing the cello.
I really like to just pour my heart out whenever I play.
And when you play, I heard that when you hear music--
and I've heard about this before-- you see colors.
Yes.
When I play my music, I see a color.
If it's more passionate or aggressive,
I see more of a red color.
If it's more blue--
if it's blue, then it's more of a sad or slow song.
And do you hear-- when you hear music, do you see colors
as well as when you play?
Yes.
Yeah.
I actually like a rock song named eye of the Tiger"
from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
Yeah.
That's to me more of the orange color, because it's aggressive,
but not too aggressive.
And it's kind of punchy.
You like "Eye of the Tiger"?
You like that song?
Yes, I love that song.
And but you love--
who are your favorite composers?
My favorite composer has to be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
I actually-- there was this activity called The Wax Museum
at school.
I would dress up as an important figure from history.
I dressed up as Wolfgang.
I get dressed up as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
I sat in this writing position for what
seemed like hours, even though it was only five minutes.
And I would look like I'm writing.
I'd have a quill in my hand.
I sat there until someone pushed a button
that I drew with the marker on my hand,
and then I'd give a speech and everything.
Even though I had to wait what seemed like hours,
I think it was worth it.
You're going to-- are you going to be
Mozart for Halloween this year?
Actually, no, I'd like to dress up as Iron Man.
I'm-- right now, I'm actually into movies like Endgame
or Infinity War.
I think his Infinity War costume or suit is really cool.
I like how these wing stuff or stuff comes out of his back,
and he uses a sword.
I think that's a really cool costume,
and I'd really like to dress up as it on Halloween.
All right, well, that sounds fun.
Do you want to perform for us right now?
Sure.
All right.
Head on over.
[NO SPEECH]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
That was incredible.
And we wanted to get you something,
because Halloween's coming up.
And you want to be Iron Man, so here's what we got you.
But look.
Oh, my gosh.
Watch.
But it-- when you turn it inside out--
Oh my.
So you can go right from Carnegie Hall to Halloween.
Thank you, Ellen.
Thank you so much.
Isn't that cool?
The pants are the same way.
But that was so beautiful.
What color was that you just played?
I feel like that was more of a red,
because it says a passionato in it.
It's real passionate.
Yeah, it was very passionate.
It was beautiful.
You're amazing.
I will see you soon, OK.
Thank you.