China son invites violinist to play for terminally ill mum in hospital to give her strength
Musician plays ‘farewell song’ for dying mother who sacrificed her own romantic happiness to bring up child alone
A Chinese son invited a violinist to play for his dying mother as she lay in her hospital bed, moving many people online with a melody dubbed “the most tender farewell”.
Huang Haile, from southern China’s Guangdong province, bid farewell to his mother Ye Jindi on January 6, at the Dongguan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
A video of the violinist performing Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi’s famous song, Mother, featured in the 1999 film Kikujiro, in Ye’s intensive care unit (ICU) ward, went viral.
Ye was diagnosed with late-stage liver cirrhosis in 2023. Last December, after celebrating her 77th birthday, she was diagnosed with inflammation of the heart.
Doctors said her condition did not allow surgery.
Her health condition declined rapidly and she was admitted to the ICU on December 29.
Ye was a primary school music teacher for two years, so Huang invited the violinist Tang Xing to play for her on December 31.
