India’s youngest female pianist with Trinity certificate achieves 499/500 marks in CBSE Class 10 result – Education Today
Fifteen-year-old Sara Kothari from Uttar Pradesh, who became the youngest Indian female to achieve Licentiate of Trinity College London (LTCL Piano) in 2021, has scored 499/500 marks in the recently announced CBSE class 10 board results.
Sara, the female pianist, a student of Step By Step School, Noida, cleared her grade 8 piano exam from Trinity College London with distinction in 2018 at the age of 12. She became an associate of Trinity College London (ATCL Piano) in June 2019 at the age of 13.
Taking her musical education forward, she became a Licentiate of Trinity College London (LTCL Piano) in 2021 at the age of 15. The LTCL examination is a level 6 diploma in music performance and is equivalent to the final year of an undergraduate (UG) degree.
“Physics and French are my favourite subjects. For me, piano playing is a way to de-stress. While everything shifted to online mode amid Covid, my studies and piano lessons were deeply impacted. But, reading new concepts in quantum physics, time travel and listening to maestros kept me going through the tough times,”
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