Enrico Sieber is an ordinary boy from a town of 600 inhabitants in Austria, more precisely from the province of Burgenland. He likes to play tennis, go hiking with his father and is now attending the last year of school at an alternative school in the village. Through his parents, who practice the meditation practice Falun Gong, he grew up believing in the traditional values of truthfulness, kindness and forbearance,
which may make him a little different from other boys of the same age. However, there is still a great talent hiding behind the now 14- year-old friendly young man. From an early age, his enthusiasm for music was unmistakable. How fortunate that he grew up in a suitable environment where this could develop at an early age. His father, Alex Sieber, is a studied guitarist and runs a recording studio at the place where he lives. But there was also a piano in the living room for everyone to play. And it was precisely this that magically attracted Enrico, when he could not even stand himself. His parents put him in a high chair in front of it and he enthusiastically started strumming away. This instrument never let him go. His parents saw that he was making enormous progress on his own initiative and consciously allowed this autodidactic learning style. Enrico showed an attentive and accurate ear, which enabled him to quickly play all the melodies he heard on the piano. Still mainly in pop and jazz, where he also developed a natural gift for improvisation. At the age of seven, in his father’s recording studio, he started his first attempts at composition and created his first CD: A song by Enrico, which was written when he was 11 years old Others soon followed and here, too, rapid progress and talent were evident. At the age of ten he was already able to make his first appearance with his father in a jazz duo. He did not know nervousness, because it was always the most natural thing for him to make music.
A relevant experience for Enrico was a school trip to the „Haus der Musik“ in Vienna when he was twelve. There he heard the compositions of Johann Strauss, which enchanted him so much that he came home with a new enthusiasm. Suddenly the new and huge world of classical music opened up to him and he tried to listen to and play the music in his usual way. He quickly reached some limits with the complex works and used YouTube videos and computer programs to help him learn fingerings. His progress was nevertheless enormous and his parents realized that it was now time for a good teacher. They had some contact with the well-known pianist and university professor, Eduard Kutrowatz, whom they asked to listen to Enrico. He quickly recognized Enrico’s potential and gladly accepted him as a private student. They soon harmonized with each other and with his help Enrico was able to learn to read music in no time at all. He has been recording his progress on his own YouTube channel „Enrico Sieber“ for some time now. His compositions are now also influenced by classical music and have matured. He has also already composed his first own waltz, which you will probably soon be able to admire on his channel.