Bach to Baby

the critically acclaimed classical concert series for baby and you. outstanding musicians, exhilarating performances, inspiring locations across london and the south east. set up by pianist miaomiao yu after becoming frustrated at not being able to take her children to the sort of quality classical music concerts that she regularly enjoyed as a professional musician. miaomiao, an award-winning pianist, wanted to perform for her son in a concert setting, but found it unrealistic for many reasons, including the late nights. "and then i thought, this is silly: why not play for him and his friends and other babies and toddlers, at a kid-friendly time? the idea grew from there," said miaomiao, who is also a professor of piano at the guildhall school of music and drama. miaomiao set about to design a rigorous musical programme for babies that wouldn't have been out of place at the proms. programming range from bach to barber, from chopin to shostakovich. "i didn't want to dumb it down for ch