Khalil Payne is the 16-year-old prodigy is an amazingly talented and inspiring young man who has fought through tragedy and is going to be heading back to Carnegie Hall for a second time!

“You could say it’s almost like another world. When I start playing, I actually feel the music,” he said. “Because it’s one thing to just play an instrument, and it’s another to make and feel music.”

Last year, he was a freshman at Cobb County’s McEachern High School, when he first graced the Carnegie Hall stage with classmates as part of the Honors Performance Series.

And now he has been chosen again! See the video below for the full story.