Neil plays both the piano and the violin and likes to compose music. James plays the piano and sings in the choir. They met a year ago in South Carolina as individual solo piano competitors. 5 months prior to the duet performance, Neil’s music teacher reached out to James’ mom and pitched in the idea of a piano duet even though they live in different States. So they learned their individual parts the whole time and only practiced together 2 nights before the competition and won.
You can find the duet’s 2023 International Piano Competition performance here.