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What’s next for the child who spoke her first word at 1 month, quoted Shakespeare at 1 year and starred in the movie “Dune” at 7? Alicia Witt, 11, runs through everything from Mozart sonatas to Broadway ballads every Friday night at a restaurant in suburban Boston to pay for her budding career as a concert pianist. Her mother, Diane Witt, said Alicia has won every piano competition she entered after only three years of classical training. Her mother said Alicia said “hi” at 1 month and began reading at 7 months.

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