No one believed 10-year-old Shane Thomas when he first told his parents aged just three that he could play the piano.

It wasn't until he was seven years old that he got the chance to play one - and within two hours he was tinkling the ivories with both hands.

Shane said: “I told Dad when I was three that I could play but nobody took me seriously. When I’m at school I can listen to the teacher and do my work while composing in my head.

“I remember the melodies, then when I get home I play them on the piano and Dad records them. I love playing piano. When I grow up I want to be a piano composer.”

The talented youngster’s piano tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, compared Shane to the legendary 18th century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who began playing the piano aged five.