Cellists Lloyd Webber, 71, and Cheng, 48, met while he was on tour in New Zealand. She eventually moved to the UK, where the couple now live. They married in 2009
and Jiaxin Cheng met that the idea of a romantic relationship seemed a possibility. The first time, in 2000, Julian, the celebrated cellist, was on tour in New Zealand, and Jiaxin was one of a number of music students invited to hear him rehearse. Born in China, Jiaxin had graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and was doing a master’s degree at Auckland University. “Our teacher took us backstage to say hello,” she says.
When Julian went back to the UK, they kept in touch by phone and email, although the time difference made it difficult. “I said: ‘Would you consider coming over to see what you think of life in England?’” he remembers. It was a big leap for Jiaxin, who had an established career as a musician in New Zealand. “And my parents were there,” she adds.
The testing time came in 2014, when a neck injury forced Julian to stop playing. “It was horrible for me, but I felt even worse for Jiaxin because she had given up a lot of opportunities in New Zealand, and we were working together a lot and everything was going really well. Suddenly all that had to stop.”
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