My father was a musician and wanted me to study piano. I had no interest.
I learned to read music when I was 10 and did piano and took lessons.
I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
As I got older though I wanted a life of my own. The classical training was very demanding and thorough. It was a very sheltered existence. Even though I heard blues and gospel on the radio sometimes, it was always back to the piano and study and give recitals.
I think having musical training as a child was really, really important. I studied piano as a child. Piano is a great instrument to understand musical theory on. I think I have that in my brain somewhere.
In France the music schools are a bit old fashioned. I was more excited about doing my own stuff or to play with my friend in my band, than studying the piano.
I started studying piano at the age of four.
But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach.
I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.
Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano.
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.
I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later.
I'm a pianist - I studied jazz piano in college.
I went to college to study the piano and cello.
