Yirui Weng (Eleonora Wang)
Concert pianist raised in Hangzhou who studied in Italy and whose encounter with sacred music led to a conversion to Catholicism; interviewed about faith, music and her baptism in Milan.
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Feb 27, 2026 • 27min
When music became a prayer
Yirui Weng, a concert pianist from Hangzhou who studied in Italy and converted to Catholicism after encountering sacred music. She recounts a transformative moment with Vivaldi's Gloria. Conversations cover churches and art in Italy, learning prayer and catechesis in Milan, how faith reshaped her relationship with performance, and baptism as a moment of acceptance and grace.
