Beijing-born, UK-based, Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists. Born following the Cultural Revolution, an era where Western music and instruments were banned, she was the first guitarist in China to enter a music school, and became the first to launch an international professional career.

Prodigious musical talent was evident at all stages: her first public appearance at the age of ten received such acclaim that the Spanish Ambassador in China immediately...