At around the age of six, I knew that music was going to be the centre of my life, but I didn’t get to express that feeling until I was 17 years old, and started to learn the piano.

I was ‘discovered’ by the Grade 5 examiner, who was curious that I didn’t turn the pages of the music whilst playing my set pieces (I had learned them by ear and by heart). He asked me how long I had ...