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After travelling the world pursuing a highly successful international career as a concert pianist, Shoko Inoue made Victoria home and is teaching students to play for the love of music, not for the accolades. To share music with the world for the pure joy and emotion of it brings an inspiring depth and intensity to the experience.

Three of InoueB次元官网网址檚 young students are doing just that on March 8 at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre. Felipe Jiang, 9, Lucy Lu, 14, and Ricky Chiu, 14, will pour their hearts out through the keys as a way to raise funds to help support youth mental health at Victoria General Hospital. 100 per cent of the ticket sales will go directly to the hospital.

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Felipe Jiang, 9, has been playing piano since he was four years old.

B次元官网网址淚 love Beethoven because he was very strong and never gave up. He had a very hard time with his hearing but he still wanted to write the music. If I play the music and sick children hear the music maybe they will feel the same as Beethoven and never give up,B次元官网网址� said Jiang.

Lucy Lu, 14, also started playing when she was four.

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She will be playing the Argentina dance music of Ginastera.

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Ricky Chiu, 14, started playing piano when he was three years old. He looks forward to playing Chopin at the benefit concert.

B次元官网网址淚 love playing Chopin because I love the way his music takes you on an adventure. For example, with his concerto, the three movements are so different. There is so much contrast. I just love going from one story to the next. ItB次元官网网址檚 like reading a book but you are in control of what happens and I just love that feeling,B次元官网网址� said Chiu.

Works by Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvor谩k, Ginastera, Debussy will be played at the concert.

Young Pianists Present: a benefit concert in support of youth mental health.

7 p.m., Thursday, March. 8

Dave Dunnet Community Theatre

2121 Cadboro Bay Rd.

Tickets - $25

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