Ida Findiku
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When did you first get into music? I started playing the violin in the first grade and my story has a funny beginning. The local school offered music lessons after classes and on my very first day of school I sat near someone who was already registered for violin classes. Being a curious kid, I went to all my friend’s lessons for a whole semester and fell in love with the violin. I looked straight at the teacher’s eyes and begged her to take me as a student. After a few months of seeing me in the corner of the class the teacher finally asked: ‘Do you have parents, or no?”. That day I ran home as fast as I could to my parents and asked them to dress up and look good enough to convince the teacher for me. They got very puzzled because it was the first time I ever mentioned the violin. My parents did dress and impress and I started violin in the second semester of the first grade. I was only seven years old and very curious. Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music? The notion of music itself has inspired me all my life. I decided to become a performer at a very young age, even though I had the chance to pursue other careers. There were at least five times in my life when I needed to decide if I was continuing with music or changing direction. I chose music because it was the most challenging concept for me to absorb.
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