Serena Wang - Dances of the Dolls (2014)

Music for children can be of two kinds. It may be intended for children to play or for children to hear. Both kinds of music are characterized generally by brevity and ease of comprehension, and often by characteristic titles related to fairy tales or songs. This cd offers old and new examples of this tradition, performed by Serena Wang, the most conspicuous music prodigy under the direct tutorship of well-known and highly respected piano teacher Professor Dan Zhao Yi.

Born in 2004, Serena Wang started playing the piano under Sumi Nagasawa at the age of four. In 2010, at age five, she became the youngest prizewinner of the Bach Piano Competition at Berkeley University, and also, as the youngest competitor, the first prizewinner of the Northern California China Music Teacher Institute Piano Competition. The same year, Serena Wang won the gold medal of the Child Group of the 2nd State Juvenile Piano Competition at Gulangyu, Xiamen, China and started her piano study under the famous and highly respected professor Dan Zhao Yi. She continued to amaze the world with her deep emotional and brilliant play, gathering standing ovations till today.