Hello everyone, my name is Paolo, I am a firefighter with a passion for music. Since I was a boy, I have always appreciated classical music without disdaining other types. There were two dreams I wanted to realize: learning to play the piano and the violin; unfortunately, due to various vicissitudes, I was unable to pursue these dreams... until two years ago. Two years ago, on the threshold of 50, I decided to study music, encouraged also by some German musician friends (a cellist and a flautist) and by a great Cello Master, Prof. Dieter Messlinger, who told me that it is never too late for music, passion and perseverance are enough. Well! First of all, I bought a music textbook for middle school and began sight-singing for at least six months. Then, I bought a keyboard (the piano requires quite a bit of care) and thus I began to realize the dream. Today I "play" different pieces (the first study was F.J. Schubert's "Ave Maria") and, even though I am aware that I will never be a pianist, I have a world of fun and spend, in my free time, one or two and sometimes even three hours playing and studying. Unfortunately, for the violin I won't be able to do the same because last March I fractured my left wrist falling from an olive tree and, even though I have recovered 99%, the wrist no longer rotates fully, for now; oh well, perhaps I will start studying the cello. Greetings to all. Signed Paolo.
Two years ago, on the threshold of 50, I decided to study music
You are not the first and you will not be the last; I have happened to follow adults in your same situation and their passion helped them overcome many difficulties... perhaps not all of them, and relatively speaking
> even if I am aware that I will never be a pianist
given that the peaks of pianism are often unreachable even for boisterous youths, so being aware of this helps a lot in not having false illusions.
... isn't it just a matter of defining when someone is worthy of being called a "pianist" ...?
I thank everyone for the beautiful words of welcome and encouragement. The latter are certainly needed, because just to make sure I don't miss anything, last Saturday I had my first cello lesson from my German cellist friend (a student of Prof. Messlinger); mamma mia!!! It is a beautiful and extremely difficult instrument. It takes patience and a lot of time. And I will provide the patience and the time it requires; let's hope for the best!!! Unfortunately, after August 15th Franz returns to Germany and therefore my "maestro" will be missing; so if anyone can recommend a basic text for learning the cello, thanks in advance.
