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peterbllee
Jul 19, 2022

This is an episode of Kelly Clarkson show that will tug your heart strings.


Karolina Protsenko is a 13 year old violinists who busk on the streets of Santa Monica. She uploads videos of her busking in public places on YouTube .Her You Tube videos has received over 2 billion views and has led to her being interviewed and asked to perform on the Kelly Clarkson show on TV.

What makes Karolina special is that she does not play the violin in a staid and sombre way that serious classical violinists normally plays.

She learned ballet so that she can dance when playing the violin. The dancing movement makes playing well extremely difficult.

Karolina's desire to dance while playing is based on her fascination over a prodigy violinist, Lindsay Stirling.

Lindsay is a highly respected violinist whose playing technique is admired by professional violinists. What makes her unique from the other professionals is that she dances while playing.

The fame and respect that Lindsay has allows her to come out with her own brand of violins!

Lindsay is Karolina's idol.

Karolina was very excited about being interviewed and performing one of Lindsay's songs on Kelly Clarkson show.

During the interview she mentioned a Lindsay concert she attended when she was 8 years old. She mentioned how disappointed she was about not being allowed to present a card she had made for her idol.

Kelly said that she knows someone who could pass the card Karolina made to Lindsay. Kelly than called that person to come on to the show.

See for yourself the shock and delight of Karolina when her idol walked in.

Karolina was able to not just meet and talk to her idol but hug her.

Lindsay also presented Karolina with the gift of a Lindsay violin.

The icing on the cake was Lindsay performing together with Karolina when it was time to play.

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