When Yuchien Yuan speaks of music and the cello, the virtuoso is filled with calm and gratitude. Music is what has been with her all her life. “I love the sound of it—the vibrant lower registers, the range. It’s so beautiful that my orchestra colleagues often say, jokingly, of course, ‘Oh, I wish I had learned the cello instead,’” Yuan said. In our modern world so jampacked with noise, the sound of the cello still makes you stop and listen, Yuan mused. “When I play, I really get into it. Actually, there have been times when I was depressed—but then I play, and I feel like even if I have nothing in my life, if I have the cello, I’m OK.” Yuan sees not only her musical talent, but the presence of music in her life itself, as a great gift God has given to her. “When I’m playing music, …