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Piano
I started playing piano at a young age. I was fortunate enough to have many family members who play instruments even professionally or just for passion, so it was easy to find a rusty keyboard that I could play with. I followed lessons from a friend of my father for a some time, however I liked discovering songs by myself and being self tough so I stopped going shortly after.
I have a beautiful Yamaha P525, the only luxurious thing I own.
My favorite composer is Ludovico Einaudi, and has always been since the very first days. I have a deep emotional connection with many of his songs, I dedicated hundreds if not thousands of hours playing his songs over my lifetime, I even went to a live concert in Siracusa. My favorite above all is Nuvole Bianche. The only author that comes close to him is Ryan O'Neal aka Sleeping At Last, I also have a strong emotional connection to his songs.
Fortunately, I recorded and uploaded many of my performances on youtube so I can rewatch them now. Unfortunately most of the videos are with the old rusty keyboard. I like playing songs from Yiruma in particular River Flows in You, various anime music especially from Radwimps.