Nationality Canadian, Spanish Years active 2014–present Name Sebastian Brown | Occupation Pianist Net worth US$0 Role Pianist | |
Born June 26, 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-06-26 ) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Alma mater University of Toronto (BA Linguistics) | ||
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Sebastian Brown (born 26 June 1992) is a Spanish-Canadian ragtime pianist and busker.
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Early life and education
Brown was born in Toronto. When he was a child, his mother hired musician and teacher John Alonso to teach him piano, against Brown's will. Brown attended Leaside High School, failing music as a student there.
After having completed high school in 2010, he studied linguistics at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2014. At university, Brown began playing ragtime.
Brown speaks English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. He has stated that he does not drink alcohol.
Career
After university, in July 2014, Brown purchased a street performance licence, and began busking in downtown Toronto, whenever the weather would allow him. Brown has stated that he never wanted to earn a living in music; rather that he began performing because he has no money, and that music is his only source of income.
His instrument is a 360-kilogram Willis & Co. Limited piano built in 1913, which he inherited from his grandmother. Brown pushes the instrument two kilometres each way from a storage locker in the Distillery District to Union Station.