Age does no matter, you could be 20 and start piano and still become a professional pianist in about 8 years or maybe more or less. The only reason that they say starting from a young age is good is because a childs mind is like a sponge and it absorbs everything and you remember it forever, if you start piano young, it all comes natural when your older.
how old were you when you started to play? Is there anyone here who started playing very late with high ambitions, and now has turned professional!?Do you thikn age matters? But I dont want theories... I want examples! So you who have been playing for a "short" time and not since the cradle.. please tell me about your expereience and your practise habits and so on. is there anyone of you who might get into a really great college and get a concertpianist diploma?
As an adult I think its far more difficult to develop technically. It would be like teaching someone to walk with a new pair of legs! Myself, Id feel that if anything prevents me from becoming decent it will be technical rather than musical.
I was very young when I was born.
How young?SJ