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Zhu Xiao-Mei was born to middle-class parents in post-war China, and her musical proficiency became clear at an early age. Taught to play the piano by her mother, she developed quickly into a prodigy, immersing herself in the work of classical masters like Bach and Brahms. She was just ten years old when she began a rigorous course of study at the Beijing Conservatory, laying the groundwork for what was sure to be an extraordinary career. But in 1966, when Xiao-Mei was seventeen, the Cultural Revolution began, and life as she knew it changed forever. One by one, her family members were scattered, sentenced to prison or labor

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: arts & entertainment

• Full title: Secret Piano
• Author: ZHU XIAO-MEI
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330
• EAN: 9781611090772
• ISBN: 9781611090772
• ID: 06220254
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Weight: 428 g
• Dimensions: 141 × 208 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. March 2012

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