- I am here with some over talented kids,
Emerald and Aniyah, y'all give it up for them.
(crowd cheering)
All right, so Emerald and Aniyah,
do either of you play any instruments, Emerald?
- Well, I have tried to learn multiple instruments
including the keyboard, the recorder, and the ukulele.
But I'm terrible at all of them.
(laughing)
So recently, I tried to learn how to play the harmonica
with my feet.
Still not good at that either.
(laughing)
At some point I can work a little bit into routine.
- You should work comedy
into your routine ma'am you're funny.
How about Aniyah, you play anything?
- I do not play any instrument.
Fortunately, I really bad at that.
(indistinct)
But mostly I just like to play with a piano
but I'm just still bad at any instrument.
So yes.
- You said so yeah, I'm out.
Well, we all have our talents.
So, my next guest is taking the world
of classical music by storm.
She has 50 million views on Instagram.
Teen Vogue actually named her one of 21 people
under 21 changing the world, and she's only 14.
Check her out.
(classical music)
I mean what?
We have this incredible artists dialing
and say hi to Pilar Winter Hill.
What's up Pilar.
- Hi kelly
- [Crowd] Hi.
Say hi to Aniyah and say hi to Emerald.
- Hi Aniyah, hi Emerald.
- I love you. - Hi.
- All you ladies are gonna be like a power group.
So Pilar how did you discover your passion for violin?
- Well you see, I saw an orchestra performing on TV
when I was around three years old and like something
about me I just like loved it so much.
Just seeing all the instruments playing together.
It was just so beautiful,
I literally had to be pulled away from the screen
'cause I don't wanna leave.
And that was like the first time
that I really like saw classical music.
And then when I was around five years old,
I was walking with my mom here at Lincoln Center.
And I saw all of these like billboards
of musicians and violists and I was just like wait,
whoa, what is this?
This is beautiful.
And I just spoke to my mom,
I was like I really wanna play the violin.
Something about the energy I just loved it
and that was like the first time I was like
I wanna (indistinct) the violin.
That's so cool that something just took hold of you
like that right off the bat, that's amazing.
So you play all over the world now, right?
- Yes. Last year I had my performance tour,
one of my performance tours in London.
And last May, I am the very first African-American female
major prize winner in an international violin competition.
- You gotta get it.
(cheering)
Look at that smile in that picture.
- Thank you.
I won the second prize out of 47 competitors
from all around the world.
It was just like one of those moments where I was just like
whoa, I can't believe I did this, I made history.
I'm just so happy.
And it was just I'm so happy and I'm...
Yeah.
- That's so cool that must've...
You must've felt such pride in yourself
and working that hard. I played violin when I was a kid
and that's a hard instrument, you have
to be very discipline which is why I wasn't great at it.
So, Pilar you say you wanna be a role model, right?
- Yes. Through the years playing the violin,
I've noticed that there aren't many people who look like me
in the field of classical music.
And I really wanna inspire children, people, girls,
all around the world who really don't see themselves
being represented in the classical music field.
And yeah, I just...
It really means a lot to me and I would say it to someone,
just never give up on your dreams, keep going,
it doesn't matter.
Things are really hard, just keep going, do what you love,
just go for it, yeah.
It really makes me happy,
means a lot to me. - You only get one life,
you better do what you wanna do.
Emerald and Aniyah do you hope
to inspire other girls as well.
Aniyah I'll start with you.
- Yes. I really do hope to inspire other girls
around the world because some of them
just are like down-low all the time,
no one inspired them like, just get up on your feet,
just keep on going.
Nothing's gonna stop you, someone said you can't make it,
you're gonna prove they're wrong and you're gonna say,
you can make it even though if it takes time and effort,
you can make it.
- Yeah. I think the trick is not believing that person
and proving them wrong and showing them who you really are.
But do you hope to inspire people
like especially girls that are...
I don't know many that can do this.
So you might be a one of a kind here but...
- Absolutely, I think it's really cool
to be able to inspire people.
And it's really cool to be the person who does that
and to show them that they are goodness
and to make them wanna do more.
- Yeah, it's empowering.
I'm a 38 year old woman and I am empowered
and I am feeling like so creative right now
just being around you three.
It's a cool thing to see young women just so confident
in themselves and knowing what they want.
That's a really, really cool thing.
Well Pilar, you're gonna give us
a little performance right now right?
- Yes. I gonna be performing the third movement
of the Vivaldi's Summer, an excerpt and I'm really excited.
- Okay. Let's hear it.
Ladies and gentlemen, here she is Pilar.
(classical music)
(crowd cheering) - Oh my gosh.
You apologize right now to that violin, you just killed it.
That was amazing.
You just played something that grown adults can't do.
(laughing)
Amazing.