He got along well with his Chinese musicians, some of whom he worked with for a decade and were regarded as his own children.

Mazer said he found Chinese musicians to be more disciplined than those in the West, and thus more satisfying to work with.

How is one to be a Chinese musician in an international community of music?

Nobody would have believed how many young Chinese musicians would win international prizes.

They wanted music combining aspects of Eastern and Western culture for their two eldest children to play with two Chinese musicians.

This also applied to the orchestra itself, which originally was composed exclusively of foreigners, but later incorporated Chinese musicians.

Chinese musicians have now joined them in force and are winning high-profile positions.

Many Chinese musicians fall prey to excessive competitiveness and grow obsessed with outward displays of success, like winning prizes.

Chinese musicians began flowing to the United States.

Many other Chinese musicians of similar rank have become legal residents and American citizens by proving their exceptional talents to the federal immigration agency.