Anne-Michelle Heron is a talented thirteen-year-old French artist with Bulgarian roots. Her great passions are playing the piano, learning languages and painting.
She started playing the piano and learning English at the age of five. She has won more than 30 international piano competitions. She has performed in the world's greatest concert halls, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Megaro Mоussikis in Athens and all the great venues of Paris. But her successes go beyond music. Anne-Marie has also won several international painting competitions in Israel, Bulgaria, Spain and more. She was, in fact, one of the winners of the latest British Council world art competition for young students.
‘I play the piano four hours a day. I am a student at CRR, a professional conservatory in Paris. Becoming a high-class pianist is my goal in life. I participate in many international competitions. The English language is the world’s lingua franca and is spoken and understood everywhere. When you can understand people and talk to them, you feel like a citizen of the world.
I speak three languages (French, Bulgarian and English) and I'm learning Spanish now. My dream is to learn Japanese as well, so I can get into this vast culture in more detail. I think it is very important for a person to speak many languages and live in a multicultural environment. Speaking many languages develops our thinking, our culture, and our oral and written expression. In addition, it can greatly help in a person's successful career.
Drawing has been one of my hobbies since I was a little girl. My favourite artist is Van Gogh. I like his best exhibition “Distortion”. I like to paint in bright and contrasting colours because they create a positive mood and desire for everything. With this painting (winning artwork in the British Council competition) I wanted to show the richness of Bulgarian tradition, the strength of the Bulgarian spirit, the beauty of Bulgarian traditional costume and the picturesque nature of this country.
In the future, I want to become a famous pianist and play in the most famous concert halls in the world. I want to live on the wings of music and art. Music speaks louder than words!’.