Ten year-old Violet Hudson falls in love with the piano after hearing Alexander Kafka, a renowned collegiate level child prodigy at a world class competition. She vows that she would become as prolific as him -- and as famous. Seven years later, she is hailed as a prodigy.  She is endowed with a scholarship for one of New York's most prestigious music conservatories and she accepts it, knowing that it will help advance her in her musical talents. When she competes at her first world famous competition, she never expects the music conservatory's most talented student, Alexander Kafka, to sabotage her every move.