Since age 5 he played piano, since age 9 percussion. already as young student he studied music ,but then decided for medicine where he became urologist. he is conductor of the “Junge Sinfonie Köln” orchestra.
Musica Arte Vienna with Urs German at the piano is performing wonderful melodies from Vienna.
They began in 2004 and have many performances in senior homes and even open-air or video performances (during the pandemy). Urs is also violinist in the symphonic orchestra of Wil.
Philipp Mathmann is countertenor and performs on many stages and in theatres for opera productions. He is also engaged in beneficial projects in South Africa.
Tony Cicoria after being struck by a lightning had an out-of-body-experience and in this status was inspired with a lightning piano sonata. Later he took up piano lessons, wrote down the piece, played and recorded it and last-not-least played it in the Vienna Mozart House at the recital of a PianoMusicDocs master-class. ( www.pianoforte.best ) This is a very special overcoming of an essential trauma!
If you click on the youtube link below you see lots of TV-shows and interviews with him. He became president of a “near-death-experience-association”.
A pathologist only examins corpses? Not at all! He judges good and bad if its a tumor. And he producces wine, plays the piano and performs as actor besides skiing – if his name is Guido Mazzoleni.
(IT): Nelle sue vene scorre sangue trentino e veneziano e non ha paura della noia. In futuro si dedicherà alla viticoltura, ha già comprato un tre ruote “Ape”, vivrà tra Bolzano e Trento, migliorerà il suo pianoforte. Ama il mare, lo sci e la sua bici da corsa, la musica e la sua casa circondata da viti sulla collina sopra Trento. Il Dr. Guido Mazzoleni, primario del reparto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica dell’Ospedale Provinciale di Bolzano, andrà in pensione il 1° luglio.
1.September 1918 – 4. January 2015 Günther Sandfuchs does not only play accordion (in Swiss German: Handorgel = hand organ) but also piano and a harmonium. Originally he studied machine building ingineer and was fascinated by flying. So he began gliding and later was flying transport planes. Music kept him young and he played until his high age of 97.
Yume Hanusch studied music already at age 16 and got her piano diploma in Stuttgart in 2002. She got several prizes from competitions and scholarships. She organises concert series at Wasserburg and special events for kids and publishes books and CDs for these events. She participates in different formations:
Turmalin-Quartett Trio fagoT-klaRInette-pianO Ensemble “Klassik Junior” mit Produktionen für Kinderohren….
Christian Wenk grew up in Greifensee/CH and studie the piano a lot after his Matura (High School Degree). He was Swiss champion with Duathlon and even World Champion shortly before he had a severe accident with a high paraplegia. Nevertheless he faced his 2second life” actively, got his medical degree in 2002 working as MD ever since, having his own office since 2014 in Schenkon/CH.
He still makes a lot of sports with handbike, was trainer of the Swiss national team.
And he plays piano, performing Beetoven´s 3rd piano concerto in 2003, Grieg piano concerto in 2006 and Geshwin´s Rhapsody in Blue in 2010 as examples for more.
In 2013 he founded the Christian Wenk foundation and sponsors projects as schoole in Afghanistan and Myanmar.
After difficult years 2017 thru 2020 with 41 operations and amputation of his legs he enjoys his 3rd life as a great encore. His message despite of paraplegia an without legs: ” I am locking of nothing!” He wants to encourage people with handicaps and inspire them to embrace fate and take use of what is available.
his testimonial to embrace life (english subtitles)