I was very surprised by how much I liked Kapustin music. When I was only thirteen years old my mother decided that she wanted me to learn an instrument. I really had no idea what I wanted to learn, so I decided that I would learn how to play the violin. I played the violin for four years and I did not really like it that much. I had a great music teacher and she could tell that I did not like my instrument. She told me that I should think about changing my instrument. She told me that since I had long fingers that I should try to play the piano.
I decided that I would take her suggestion, and from the first time that I put my fingers on a piano, I knew that it was the instrument that I should have always played. I loved playing the piano on my spare time, it was something that gave me peace and calm. I would listen to music on the radio, and I would then copy it with my piano. Continue reading