One of his mentors was a talented painter, and Jiang himself plays piano, erhu (Chinese two-stringed violin) and flute.

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When I was 12, my dad bought me an erhu, which is a Chinese violin or fiddle with two strings.

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Temple flutes, guzheng (a Chinese zither) and the two-stringed erhu feature prominently in songs, while the musical score is a conscious mingling of East and West.

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