M. G. Crisci, Cheng Ken Chi

The King of Violins (eBook, ePUB)

The Extraordinary Life of China's Greatest Violin Virtuoso

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

HOW CHINA'S MOST CELEBRATED VIOLIN PRODIGY BECAME AN ENEMY OF STATE. The King of Violins is the heartbreaking story of China's most celebrated violin prodigy, Ma Sicong, who composed his first concerto at the age of 12. During his career, this gentle, dignified man composed 57 of the world's best-known symphonies and concertos and performed in front of hundreds of sold-out audiences across the globe. Chairman Mao Zedong declared Ma Sicong "a national treasure" and nicknamed him The King of Violins. Soon, Chairman Mao's brutal Cultural Revolution distorted the truth of Ma's life and work. He is forced to wear a dunce cap, and is publicly humiliated and physically abused by cadres of Red Guards as "a vile product of bourgeois thinking." Ma and his family make a breath-taking escape in the darkness to America. After Chairman Mao died in 1976, the real circumstances of Ma's poignant, bittersweet life were buried in the pages of history by an embarrassed Chinese government. Eleven years later, Ma died at the age of 76 in Philadelphia. The King of Violins, written in cooperation with all of Ma's remaining family members, and is the first politically balanced life story about this generous, conflicted musical genius. (Contains 89 rare vintage photographs).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: eBookIt.com
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781456635060
• Artikelnr.: 61247609

Autorenporträt

Manhattan-born M.G. Crisci is the critically-acclaimed author of ten books inspired by or based on real events. His literary works are noted for complex character studies and surprising endings. They encompass the genres of romance, history, politics, and crime. He is also a former Fortune 500 senior executive, an internationally-recognized expert in the field of consumer motivation and behavior, and award-winning journalist, and a thought-provoking social commentator who believes non-political, cross-cultural activities have the power to increase mutual respect and trust between allies and enemies. He has been elected to Who's Who in the World 22 times, and recently received lifetime achievement awards from the Albert Marcus Society and the Eurasia Center Worldwide for his business, literary, and cultural contributions.