Thirteen-year-old Aditee Bhalla, daughter of the Indian naval attache in Pakistan, sang Joseph Hadyn’s “Piercing Eyes” and played “Two German Dances” for a select audience at the Austrian High Commissioner’s residence this weekend.

Bhalla, a student of the International School of Islamabad, who is tutored by a trained opera singer started playing piano just over a year ago.

“My teacher is a trained opera singer who married a Pakistani and is now settled here,” Bhalla said after the concert.

Bhalla is now learning to play saxophone at school, she said.

Apart from Bhalla, children from other countries also sang compositions of Austrian composers.

Seven-year-old Noor Eva Khan, the youngest among the participants, who played two short pieces -- one by Haydn and another by Mozart was cheered all along.

Eight-year-old Jakob Roithinger surprised everyone by playing from memory Haydn’s “Scherzo” and a piece by Mozart.