Finding the Magic Key
- Chris McMillan
- Sep 20, 2024
- 1 min read
China Daily
2nd September 2024
Finding the Magic Key
By Lu Jiajun
When Liu Hao played the last note of French composer Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune at the Lang Lang Master Class in Beijing on July 10 and slowly raised his hands in valediction, the audience erupted into thunderous applause. Many came up to him to give him flowers and take photos with him.
Piano maestro Lang Lang, after whom the classes are named, also paid his tribute, saying, “Liu and I have known each other for a very long time, and he has made great progress. We can feel his emotions from the changes in the tones of his performance.”
“Playing the piano brings me a lot of joy. I experience different music styles and emotions through the compositions of many masters and I also express my inner thoughts through the notes,” Liu told China Today
Piano has been Liu’s best friend and his companion on his extraordinary journey from an ordinary home in north China to the international stage. It has also been his means of survival.
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