child prodigy, cultural revolution, five piano masters of china, gu shengying, Pan Hannian Case

Classical Pianist Prodigy Gu Shengying Suffered Humiliation in Her Homeland

Gu Shengying, a prominent Chinese classical concert pianist, died on the last day of January 1967, a week before the Chinese New Year. She was a musical prodigy and a genius who had won countless accolades, and rightfully, she was supposed to be the glory and pride of a nation. However, during the Cultural Revolution, ...

Emma Lu

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