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infant prodigy

British  

noun

  1. an exceptionally talented child

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On the back of such stories, Andrews was given a slew of lionising monikers: "prima donna in pigtails," "infant prodigy of trills," "the miracle voice" and "Britain's juvenile coloratura."

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2022

The Dickenses’ apartment was a block from the Regency Theater, which presented plays and advertised spectacles like “an infant prodigy, only eight years of age,” who recited Shakespeare.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

Born in Budapest, George Szell grew up an infant prodigy, made his debut as a pianist and composer at the age of ten with the Vienna Symphony.

From Time Magazine Archive

She presents herself as an infant prodigy, continuously inspired, the servant of her gifts, every part of whose life, even loneliness, was an act of choice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then as now there was a demand for novelty, sensation, and the infant prodigy was in demand.

From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by A. (Amédée) Forestier

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