A Yorkshire boxer has impressed judges Claudia Winkleman, Mika and Lang Lang with his rendition of Chopin’s Ballade No.4 at Manchester Piccadilly on Channel 4 show The Piano.
Boxer, Ellis, 23, from Leeds, who learnt to play the musical instrument through schemes from the local council, compared boxing to playing the piano. “The discipline you need is very similar to what you need for the piano. You need to be so willing to leave your ego outside to grow and get better,” he said.
He grew up on a council estate and says the reason why he works so hard at the piano is because he has “nothing to fall back on”. “I don’t come from a private education, it was all done through schemes from the council,” he said. “For me, classical music is the finest form of human expression. You don’t need to be a certain person , you just need to be human.
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