Milen Manoj Earath (born 18 October 2001) is an Indian pianist who is the youngest Indian to complete grades 1-8 (in 1.5 years), ATCL, LTCL with distinction and FTCL in piano by the age of 14 at Trinity College London. In 2016, he was awarded the National Child Award by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, for exceptional achievements in the field of music. Earath has performed in India, Germany, Russia, Belgium and Italy. Early life Born in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Earath comes from a family with no musical background. His father Manoj Bhaskaran Earath, an Indian national and mother Alena Vladimirovna Earath, a Russian national, are both doctors. During his childhood, he was interested in sports, kung-fu, and other extra-curricular activities, especially at school. Earath excelled in academics, winning prizes in recitation, elocution and storytelling in primary school. Education Earath's introduction to the world of classical piano music happened during his 3rd grade school vacation, while he visited his grandparents in Russia. They took him to a concert at a music school nearby where he first saw and heard a grand piano. He went for piano lessons in that music school for the next two weeks, during which he learnt to play Beethoven's Für Elise and Marmot. It was after the school vacation that Earath joined a music school in his hometown, Thrissur on June 1, 2010. In May 2011, Earath started Initial Grade Piano of Trinity College, London. In a span of 1.5 years, by December 2012, he had completed the 8 grades in Pianoforte with distinction. He appeared for Associate of Trinity College, London (ATCL, equivalent in level to the first year of an undergraduate degree) in December 2013 and passed the exam with distinction. In December 2014, he passed Licentiate of Trinity College, London (LTCL, corresponding in level to the final year of an undergraduate degree) with distinction. In January 2015, Earath was certified with Fellowship of Trinity College, London (FTCL, corresponding to a postgraduate course at a conservatoire or university) in Piano Performance. The time of 4.5 years taken by Earath, who is also the youngest Indian to do so, for completing the 8 grades and the 3 diplomas of Trinity College, London is considered to be one of the shortest. After Musiquest, he was invited for piano masterclasses by , president of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), Germany, who had