Maksim the piano player

Maksim Mrvica is my favourite piano player of all time. He is a croatian pianist that started playing the piano at the age of eight. As his parents knew nothing about classical music, they were surprised at this  talent of his. Maksim's teacher soon discovered that this talent was indeed a rare one.

In his autobiography, Maksim stated that when war broke out. He and his family would hide in the basement. With grenades falling like rain from the sky, almost everything in sight would be destroyed. However, Maksim just had to get on with life, and getting on with life meant playing the piano to him. Thus, he would meet with his piano teacher in the basement of his house to play the piano. There, he slowly submerges himself into the beauty of the music while gunshots and explosions can be heard in the background.

At 18 years old, Maksim entered a piano competition in a neighbouring state where war had not erupted. With his pure talent and hard practice, Maksim amazed the audience and won the competition, winning fame for his state, which was still in the war.

One key lesson we can learn from this true life story is that, if one perserveres and does not lose faith in himself, nothing is impossible. Hard work and deterination is the key to success.


(You are welcome to listen to some his marvelous songs at the mixpod on the right)