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Zhu Xiao-Mei

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Reaching New Heights as a Musician: Xu Xiaomeis MozartPianist Xu Xiaomei, who lived through the turmoil of Chinas Cultural Revolution, is now based in Paris, France. Her extraordinary life story and exceptional musical talent have garnered attention in Japan as well.This release is a collection of Mozarts piano works. The album features a chronological selection of pieces composed from 1778, when Mozart moved to Paris, until his death in 1791. The first track is the Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which begins at a brisk tempo, followed by the innocent and pure Sonata in C Major, the unfinished Fantasia, the Adagio in B Minora rare piece for Mozart Variations based on a work by cellist Jean-Pierre Dupois, Mozarts final piano sonata, Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576, and the Andante for mechanical organ, composed in the year of his death. Shu Xiaomeis refined tone, resonance, dignifi