Although blind pianists Lai Jiajun and Sherry Dou Wenhui live in darkness, they light up their lives with music helped by the Lang Lang International Music Foundation.
Fourteen-year-old Jiajun from Hangzhou was born blind, but he has sensitive ears and magic hands. He started playing when he was three, mastering a small electronic piano and figuring out how to play every song he heard on television. His father immediately spotted the boy's talent but was unable to afford piano lessons for him.
That did not stop them knocking on the door of every piano teacher they could find, until, finally, one volunteered to teach him.
Jiajun is mature about his disability. 'My past has not been hard, and I really don't mind if I can see or not,' he says.
In 2008, he got a chance to play a duet with Lang Lang himself. 'You play and I will follow you,' he told Lang Lang, who received thunderous applause after the performance. Lang Lang described Jiajun as the 'little master'.
While most teenagers have no idea about their futures, Jiajun is working towards his goal of becoming a famous pianist.
Meanwhile, Sherry may not be a born pianist like Jiajun, but she has determination and the unfailing support of her mother.
