Key to opportunity

Accepted into the exclusive Yehudi Menuhin School in Britain at the age of 11, a Malaysian-born concert pianist wants to provide gifted Malaysian children a similar opportunity via a special programme.

WHEN Bobby Chen was first sent for piano lessons at the age of seven, his mother told him it was because young boys should take up piano to learn to sit still. Validity of the reason aside, it was the best decision that his parents made.