Piano man inspires students

As the seventh speaker at the Southwest Associated University Forum, Chinese pianist Li Yundi performed a solo concert and offered advice to young piano students on how to keep their ideals and dreams for music alive at Yunnan Normal University in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province.

From 6 am on Wednesday, thousands of students and Li's fans waited in a long line outside the university's music hall hoping to lay their hands on one of the 130 available tickets to watch the highly anticipated performance.

Chen Shuyu, 11, a student at the primary school affiliated to Yunnan Normal University, was accompanied by her mother to the lecture. Chen started playing piano at age 6 and longed to see Li's performance.