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The rare portrait of a teenage Mozart will be sold at auction.  Picture: Christie's By Sian Hamer, ClassicFM London 0 It is estimated the rare painting of the young classical composer could sell for up to £1 million. A rare portrait of  Mozart  as a teenager is due to be sold at auction at the end of the month. The artwork, attributed to Italian painter Giambettino Cignaroli, will be auctioned at Christie’s Paris on 27 November – and it is estimated the rare portrait will fetch between €800,000 (£688,000) and €1.2 million (£1 million). Painted in January 1770, the portrait depicts a teenage Mozart sitting at his harpsichord in front of a score, wearing a white wig and a red frock. The 13-year-old composer had been touring Italy at the time, and the portrait captures him following a successful organ concert he had given in Verona. Mozart lived between 1756 and 1791.  Picture: Getty Many attempts have been mad...

... at London Underground station goes viral 2 September 2019, 14:26 Pianist and teenage opera singer go viral after impromptu performance on London Underground Credit: Dr K Boogie Woogie on YouTube > By Helena Asprou 0 When Elicia Palmer teamed up with a stranger to perform a beautiful rendition of the 1965 film classic, she probably had no idea she would become an Internet sensation... Originally from Grimsby, Elicia Palmer had been travelling through Tottenham Court Road underground station when she spotted a musician playing the station’s  public piano . Keen for a  duet , the  pianist  approached the  opera singer  and  cellist  to make his musical request – but at the time, the teen was unaware it was  Brendan Kavanagh , a well known concert pianist with a  YouTube  following of 844,000. Also known as Dr K, the pianist,...