Name: Yangmingtian Zhao
Hometown: Hainan, China
Classification: Senior
Major: Piano performance
Relationship status: Single
Twitter name: @zymt1993
Campus involvement: Pretty much everything.
Favorite movie: The Fast and Furious series and The Lord of Rings.
Favorite dessert: Any fruit can be my favorite dessert.
Celebrity crushes: At this moment, the names that come out my mind are Mariano Di Vaio, Robert Downey, Jr., Samon Francois, Kobe Bryant.
What song describes you best? Waltz and Mazurkas by Frederic Chopin.
What’s the best way to spend a Friday night? Listening to Jazz and Chopin’s music or playing some my favorite compositions with a cup of white wine. Watching sports or going to the gym.
Something most people don’t know about you: Which is my first name and which is my last name. Also that my constellation is Gemini.
Three words to describe you: Elegant and unpredictable. I’ll leave the last word for you guys who know about me to tell me.
What you look for in a girl: Charm and passion.
Three things you want to do while you’re at KU: Watch the KU versus Duke basketball game in Allen Fieldhouse. Play a recital in Liszt’s piano again at Spencer Museum. I also want to go back to Freshman year and have fun again.
Dream job: Concert pianist, fashion designer, businessman or journalist.
The first thing you notice about a girl: Both appearance and temperament.
What motivates you: All the unhappiness and failure that I experienced. In fact, I post many failure’s experiences that I suffered before on my room’s wall. Every morning, when I wake up, these stories of failure warn me that I do not have the qualification to sleep more before I accomplish more success.
One thing you wish you knew before you came to college: I wish I could have known you would interview me.
Anything you want people to know? These pictures should be credited to Chen Su and David Frost.