Driven by dreams and love, a high school student from Taiwan, raised by a single parent in a financially challenged household, has realized his dream of playing the piano. Within just a year of learning to play the notoriously tricky compositions of the “European Piano Master” Franz Liszt, he has won three major competitions in Taiwan.

After his parents divorced when he was three, Liu Cheng-yang, a third-year National Hsinchu Senior Industrial Vocational School student in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan, lived with his father. In his first year of school, he accidentally stumbled upon a video online of a Taiwanese pianist playing Liszt’s compositions at the 2000 Chopin Piano Competition. He was captivated by Liszt’s powerful and explosive style, forming an unbreakable bond with his music.

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