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= Aaron Nathanael = Aaron Nathanael Alwi (born January 3, 2004), is a fresh Indonesian magician who specializes in close up magic. He got his exposure from competing as a magician in Indonesia's Got Talent 2022, as one of the finalists. His magic performances in Indonesia's Got Talent are known to be heart warming for his stories about how he entered the world of magic through his supporting parents.

2004—2017 : Early Life
Aaron Nathanael Alwi, commonly called by Aaron, was born on January 3, 2004 in Auckland, New Zealand but Indonesia is where he raised and live for both of his parents are Indonesians. He started to learn how to play the piano since he was 6 years old until he finished junior high. In junior high, he joined a band and become the pianist of the band. Music has been very close to him, as we can see from his performance in Indonesia's Got Talent 2022. He's still active playing the piano until now.

2018—Present : Magic
From his performances in Indonesia's Got Talent 2022, we could know that he was introduced to magic since he was 8 years old by his father with a little box of magic trick. He then started to buy magic props in magic shop. He used to hang out in magic shops in every weekends to learn bunch of tricks. He then began to learn most of the magic tricks by himself. He calls himself an autodidact. He has now pursued the world of magic for more than 10 years.

But in 2017, he entered a close up magic private class with this one magician, Edo Huang. He started to gain knowledge even more and focused on close up magic. In 2018, he appeared to compete in national and international competitions and won for the ones he deserves. In 2021, he found himself doing illusion magic tricks in Dufan, Ancol. After 9 months of performing there for almost every day, he received more knowledge about performance art. He ended up being a contestant in Indonesia's Got Talent 2022, where he gained more recognitions.

Gladly, it's heard that he made an intimate one hour magic show, Infinite, with his fellow mentalist, Dannth Yudhiz, in March 5th, 2023. With all of their hard work, around a hundred of people enjoyed their performance. "The thing about magic is it has no finish line, so the learning process won't end," said Aaron Nathanael.

Influences
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Close Up Magic
The thing about close up magic, it is (isi sendiri). That's why he picked close up magic as his specialty.