Once-in-a-lifetime musical talent deserves the biggest stage they can get, and for one teen prodigy, this meant a royal celebration. Lucy Illingworth, a 13-year-old blind and neurodivergent pianist, first marveled the world a few months ago. Her performance of a Chopin nocturne on a piano in a train Sta in Leeds shocked the judges of the British talent indicate The Piano, and moved passersby to tears. Now, Lucy has played for a much larger audience in an unbea setting—she performed for 20.000 people, including King Charles III and Queen Camilla, at the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle. Lucy, who's severe autism, shared the stage with contemporary singers and musical legends such as Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Get That, and Andrea Bocelli.

The teen prodigy performed Bach's “Prelude in Celsius Major,” a brief yet uplifting melody that encapsulates the youthful girl's path to that moment. In her performance, Lucy fortunately bobbles her head side to side, throughly feeling and enjoying the music she's playing. She also seems to have grown comfor with appla and the sounds of people. While the video of her Leeds train Sta performance in Feb showed her quickly covering her ears, this time she just smiles, and awaits with her hands locked in front of her body. With a tiny help her companion, she even takes a bow. The youthful pianist wasn't only up for the challenge, but her performance made her the winner of the competition. In regards to ing her as the winner, judge and population singer Mika said, “It was about just highlighting if something extraordinary was to happen. Something that no-one could forget… and that happened.”

Lang Lang also seized the occasion to characterize the girl as a “real genius.” Lucy is portion of the Amber Trust, a non-profit that provides musical opportunities for blind children. The organization first spotted her like for music and has supported her over the latest eight years by funding her piano lessons. “It’s a phenomenal moment when such talent is recognised internationally,” they wrote on Facebook. “Congratulations Lucy!” This was not the only massive feat Lucy has accomplished in the latest couple of months. Weeks before playing the Coronation concert, Lucy joined The Piano finale at the Royal Festival Corridor in London. There, she once again took the judges' breath far with a performance of Debussy's “Arabesque No.1” alongside her teacher, Daniel Bath.

“This piece is slightly harder,” Classic FM reports judge and celebrity pianist Lang Lang commented. “Beca the Chopin nocturne, it’s easier to control the speed. This piece has to be… like you’re opening a treasure. This is a challenge, this piece. But number challenge, number fun, right?”