老汪:I sat in an exam to try to get enrolled in the central conservatory of music in Beijing when I was in fifth grade. I stated playing violin at the age of 5, and kept playing it until I was 25 years old. So classical music was very influential for me. It provided me with so many insights and some very good habits that I rely on throughout my career.For example, when we were rehearsing for my concerts, a lot of people found it to be very meticulous, sometimes even boring. And I got asked a lot, how can you bear all this practicing? But for me it is easy because I learned the toughlessons like what happens when you’ve done practice at school. A lot of people,especially musicians, wait for moment of inspiration to hit, but it is actuallyhard work that gets you there. You have to practice, and practice, and practice even more. And that experience from my early childhood, through to my teenageyears, was vital. 主持人:So like you said, studying classical music and the time at the conservatory has really shaped who you are, as a musician right now. So we know you are a coach for the voice of China. What are the some exciting things happening in the Chinese pop scene? 老汪:So I am not like a lot of people, I think China’s rock and pop scene is constantly improving. A lot of people think the golden age of the Chinese pop was in the late 90’s, early 2000s, but I do not think so. I think it’s just getting better and better. Being a coach on the voice, I see it. I also see these youngartists trying to make it. I’ve been there. I’ve done what they are doing. And Iunderstand it. And now that I have a voice I want to use my influence to help someof these young people. So that’s one of the reasons that I became a judge onthe voice. It is an interesting position to be in. When I choose a song from ?,the download rate of the original music increased 100 fold or more, so this is a huge ? for the original singers and song writers. I am glad that happens. SoI think the time is now for Chinese pop music. 主持人:So how does it feel knowing you have so many fans here, in Australia? 老汪:I’vebeen to many parts of the world, including America and Canada. And in many of those countries, there are lots of Chinese, just like in Melbourne. I talked to a lot of Chinese people living overseas, many of them in my generation. And now more and more fans of mine are people born in the 80s and 90s. I want them to see what is happening in China, the changes that happened. I want my fellow countrymen and women to feel proud that Chinese artists can now do the same thing as any top artist around the world. I want them to feel proud of being Chinese.