See Siang Wong, a Swiss-based classical pianist, is delighted that his latest album, “Cinema Classics: The Piano At The Movies”, is number one in the British classical music charts. He tells swissinfo.ch about his favourite films and why he’s not ashamed to “cross over” into other genres. “I really stand behind the project and the music,” Wong tells me on the balcony of his sun-filled and Asian-inspired flat in Zurich West, a fashionable area in Switzerland’s largest city. “Of course the idea has a commercial interest – crossover is very popular, as we can see by the charts – but this is just great music.” Wong, born in Holland to Chinese parents from Singapore and Malaysia, is answering my cynical questions about the classical music industry with great patience and humour. Now a youthful 37, Wong moved to Switzerland on a music scholarship aged 18 and is clearly passionate about music, showing me rare vinyl recordings he has picked up in Zurich’s second-hand ...
