she only conducts now, dont know why she gave it up, she would have been better than Misha Rostropovich and Jackelyn Dupre maybe even better than pablo casals, pity - maybe she was afraid of the old poem "roses are red, violets are blue, there is always and asian kid that's better than you" , but SHE was that kid, just like yusah wang was
j'avais beaucoup de rancoeur contre elle depuis qu'elle avait abandonné le violoncelle; j'avais oublié à quel point elle était magique; quel choc de la revoir et de la ré-entendre
If Hannah Chang continued with her cello career, she would have become a legend in the classical world. I don't know why she couldn't at least pursue both cello and conducting. Would have been nice if she had more "responsibility" for the talent that was given to her.