She co-founded a programme for underprivileged boys to learn music: ‘I want them to know they can dream’

” My dad was a lion mum”, Nabillah told CNA Women. She has been teaching me piano lessons at Yamaha Music School for years, every year.

By the time Nabillah was eight, she had started practicing music regularly and discovered her level of enjoyment.

” It helped that I liked music-themed animation like Nodame Cantabile. She said,” It made me feel great that I was play the piano the way the figures did and that I could recognize the music in the story.” &nbsp,

On some time, she practised for as long as six to eight hours. ” It was extreme, but I kept hearing my mother’s message telling me,’ stopping is never an option'”. &nbsp,

Her brother, who is 10 years older, did sit next to her on the piano couch with a baton in his hand. In case their mother showed signs of slacking, he was acting as a proximal for their mother and Mrs. Rosy Tan, her music professor at Yamaha Music School. &nbsp,

” I was terrified at times, but looking up, it’s someone we still laugh about today”, Nabillah said. ” Those time showed me the value of perseverance and determination, and they demonstrate how significant my family and teacher were to my musical journey.”

Her diligence was successful. By the time she was in junior college, she was working toward her diploma in piano performance from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music ( ABRS M) while also preparing for her A-Levels.