My mother had a passion for piano since a young age, and as she was born into a modest family, she had to beg her parents for extra money in order to get piano lessons, which were considered a useless luxury in those times.

When I was born, she already had a career, and was teaching at the Shanghai conservatory. It was important and evident for her to pass on her passion to her children so that we wouldn’t be deprived of such an important element in our life... more