Author: This book is an autobiographical novel by the famous Chinese and French pianist Zhou.

Press: Beijing October Literature and Art.

Release time:1987-10-01

Zhou was born in Shanghai, 1936. She studied the art of piano when she was young. At a special student concert, she was found and introduced to Shanghai Conservatory of Music as a teaching assistant. 1962 went to Hong Kong, 1964 went to Margolone Conservatory of Music in France to study piano. Margaret long, a famous French pianist, discovered her musical talent and accepted her as a student. A year later, she stood out and won the first prize in the Marguerite Long Piano Competition.

1 97365438+February1,at the world-famous Champs Elysé es in Paris, she played the piano concerto of Yellow River with enthusiasm. This is the first time that China's piano concerto has been brought to Europe to show to European audiences, and it has been a great success. The applause in the theater thundered, and there were seven curtain calls every week. The French news was highly praised, and the People's Daily in China also reported the news. Later, she was invited to tour European countries.

1975, Zhou's first autobiographical novel Tears of a Sedan was published, which caused a sensation in France and became a best seller. It was quickly translated into 24 languages and published. Madame de Gaulle also wrote a letter thanking her for writing a rare book for French readers. Subsequently, this book was made into a film jointly by French Gomon Film Company and China, and directed by world famous director Jake Hoffman.

1992, she founded the Zhou Foundation, in which the most influential national enterprises such as the National Bank of France, the French Water Conservancy Company and the French Power Company, as well as many celebrities and entrepreneurs including the French Ministry of Culture participated. Up to now, the Foundation has selected six outstanding young musicians in China and sponsored them to go to France for further study. So far, these six outstanding talents have all become musicians. For example, Zhang Yue became the chief violinist of the Paris Opera House, and Feng Ying won the fourth place in the piano competition of the French Marguerite Long Institute. Now he is studying at Yale University in the United States, among which Xu Zhong, a pianist who is currently active in the international music scene, is the most famous.