Musical Opinion, May 1st, 2006
Talks to Hazel Davis
"I would like to be known as a true artist, who has knowledge and most importantly the ability to move people's hearts when they hear me", says Wu Qian. It's a simple wish but one which the 22-year-old Chinese pianist seems well on the way to achieving.
Born in Shanghai to non-musical parents in 1984, Wu Qian began her training at the Shanghai Conservatoire of Music. She was 'talent spotted' at the tender age of 11 by Malcolm Troup who promptly secured a scholarship for her at the Menuhin School, where she studied with Irina Zaritskaya. Uprooting from her home at such a ...
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