Globetrotting violinist Siow Lee Chin says she is willing to listen to any offer that will allow her to spend more time in Singapore.

'If I could have it all, my wish would be to spend half my time in the United States and the other half in Singapore, where my family is and whom I miss dearly,' she says.

Her parents are getting on in years, says the 43-year-old who, as a gifted young musician, became the first Singaporean to be admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in the US.

She was also the first Singaporean to join the faculty of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest conservatory in the US.

'I am more homesick now than I used to be,' she says.

Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times' LIFE!