On one hand, a very old Russian man, who has worked and collaborated with greats such as Rostropovich and Knushevitsky, and on the other hand, me, who is hoping that one day I can do the same. Communicating through the waving of his hand, and single word sentences (recognisable language notwithstanding), he was able to impart his vision of a piece to me, all those years ago.
An ability to speak without words - to empathise and to express without language, is why I chose to do a music degree. To learn to interpret and communicate through something that you do not see or hear directly - I find this to be highly compelling and incredibly powerful.
Music isn't just about something that I study as a hobby. It's a lot more powerful, a lot more integral to the way people live. A lot of people define themselves by what music they listen to, or produce. To be able to study it with an open mind is a great blessing to me - and God has blessed me with the ability to produce and to interpret music.
Am I wasting my time? From a practical point of view, music has absolutely nothing to do with medicine. Music is linked very strongly to that which you cannot define - the soul, the emotion, the psyche of a person. It helps one understand what cannot be taught. In such a way, it's much more beneficial to me than any Science degree could have been.
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