A Three-Year-Old Inspiration for Beethoven Lovers

Three-year-old Jonathan Okseniuk loves his Beethoven. In this incredibly charming video, he conveys his enthusiasm, tremendous sense of rhythm and his infectious joy over the many build-ups to a climax in the last movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in C Minor:

[UPDATE 03/25/2011: Now four years old, Jonathan made his conducting debut just last month, as described in this article. You can also watch videos of him conducting other symphonic works at YouTube.]

Shades of Leonard Bernstein: truly an inspiration for us all -- thank you, Jonathan!

(H/T: ChoralNet -- be sure to read the comments at the original post.)