KET Three Option Multiple Matching

I was 12 when I started playing the guitar. My parents are classical musicians, so they encouraged me to play the violin when I was five, I think, and piano when I was eight. I certainly picked up some fundamentals from all that. I didn’t really care for it at that time. When you’re a boy that age, you just want to play with your favourite Star Wars action figures and be a football player pretty much.

Well, ever since primary school, I knew I wanted to play an instrument. When I saw the middle school orchestra playing, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. The sixth form was the first opportunity I had to start learning an instrument. At first, my band teacher told me to play the trumpet, so I went to the local music shop to try one out. I picked up the trumpet, put it to my lips, and I couldn’t make a sound.

My dad inspired me to start learning classical music, and over the years, I’ve developed a growing passion for it and decided to move forward with it and pursue it as my career. My piano idol is Frédéric Chopin, a Polish composer full of emotions reflected in his beautiful music. I usually practise after school on weekdays for about an hour, but I sometimes take a few days off. I seem to play better when I return to the instrument.