Away from the rumble of Shanghai's highways and the cacophony…

Away from the rumble of Shanghai's highways and the cacophony of the shopping districts, stroll down side streets filled with rows of tall 1 houses. In the early evening or on a weekend morning, you'll hear the 2 of classical music 3 from a piano, played by a 10-year old or a grandmother in her seventies. 4 down another alley toward drab 5 and you'll hear Beethoven or Mozart flowing from a violin, or perhaps a cello, accordion or flute. In China, classical music is 6 as mightily as the 1812 Overture. It's fortissimo in Shanghai, home to China's oldest orchestra, forte in Beijing and other lively cities, and on a crescendo in farther-flung areas. Commanding Y100-200 ($12.50-$25) per hour, private music teachers in Shanghai can readily earn more than five times the average per capita monthly income.