Published 20:51 IST, March 3rd 2019

Watch: 13-year-old Lydian Nadhaswaram, Chennai's musical prodigy plays piano blindfolded on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Here's how the 13-year-old kid from Madras left Ellen DeGeneres speechless.

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Ever heard of magic? That's what this little boy named Lydian Nhaswaram from Chennai delivered when he stunned audience with his unbelievable pia playing skills as he appeared on Ellen DeGeneres Show. video of his magical performance on Mozart's Turkish March is breaking Internet. And yes, boy was 'blindfolded' while he played.

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Ellen was impressed beyond words after his performance. She took to her Twitter handle and wrote: "Lydian is only 13 years old, and he can play Mozart blindfolded. I’m 61 and I can’t spell Mozart blindfolded. #WorldsBest [sic]"

Ellen was zapped when Lydian told her that he can play on two pias at same time. He said, "In my left hand, I can play Mission Impossible and on my right hand, I can play Harry Potter. So, both are different time signatures." Lydian started off with drums and believe it or t, kid can also play guitar, tabla, and mrudangam.

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Lydian has earlier performed in front of likes of Drew Berrymore, RuPaul, and Faith Hill on World's Best, a talent-based reality TV show. He left everyone speechless when he played Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of Bumblebee at a speed of 190 beats per minute.

In India, kid was ed with music maestro AR Rahman and he was also invited to Mumbai for first TED show in India, TED Talks India Nayi Soch, with Shah Rukh Khan as host.

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According to reports, to polish his skills furr, Lydian became a student of Augustine Paul, a veteran music educator and music director of 125-year-old Mras Musical Association. Under his guidance, Lydian passed Gre VIII pia examination conducted by Trinity College, London.

little boy has played in several international events, including NBC’s Spanish-langu TV show Siempre Niños in Miami in February 2017.

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20:44 IST, March 3rd 2019