Passion

Of Music and Words

Music, in its various forms, has always been my passion. It started from a young age, singing in the school choir to playing the violin, to choosing it as a career.

I love reading as well. I remember reading all the books I could get my hands on, sometimes getting in trouble for reading in class.

With reading came a wide array of imagination I tried to put down. With that, I decided to write.

Writing became another sort of escape and relief. It sorted out the chaos of thoughts and tempered down the flames of anger. Where music brought out emotions to the brim, writing simmered them down.

While music speaks more than what words can convey, words can be a written voice for music.

Over the course of human history, stories and music have often been closely linked - many works from literature have been adapted into music, from Shakespeare’s works translated into Verdi’s operas to Tchaikovsky’s ballets adapted from classic fairytales such as Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. However, not much has been made in the other direction. One of the very few examples of music being adapted into a story would be Leo Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, adapted from Beethoven’s composition of the same name and my own poetry work for Beethoven's Violin Concerto.