1. How old were you when you first started playing the piano?

I started playing the piano sitting next to my Grandmother who played by ear. She had her right arm amputated due to cancer and that was considered a treatment then. I would sit next to her and learn

the right hand parts while she played the left hand parts. I started taking lessons after I recovered from a broken arm falling off a gym set. Learning to read music was never hard for me, it felt very natural. Today I’m happy I learned how to play by ear and read music in my background.