China son invites violinist to play for terminally ill mum in hospital to give her strength

A son in China invited a violinist to play Joe Hisaishi’s “Mother” for his hospitalised mum, a former music teacher suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, to give her strength, but she died six days later. - Photo: SCMP composite/bjnews

BEIJING: A Chinese son invited a violinist to play for his dying mother as she lay in her hospital bed, moving many people online with a melody dubbed “the most tender farewell”.

Huang Haile, from southern China’s Guangdong province, bid farewell to his mother Ye Jindi on Jan 6, at the Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.