A piece by Avikal on a pocket trumpet. Video by Shola.
‘Wild Life’ from the film Maschi e Femmine, music by S. Cipriani
Hello Punya, I heard from Shoba, who made the video, that you liked watching me play the trumpet. I’m still a beginner! On a musical level I am far from from being professional, but you must have felt the passion and intensity. Glad you enjoyed it!
I started playing and reading music only two years ago when a friend of mine let me try and play a trumpet. The first sound I made with it resonated so much inside of me that I immediately fell in love with the instrument. It was almost the same feeling I had when I chose to take sannyas in 1999.
Then, thanks to Covid and my temporary unemployment – which created a lot of free time for me – I chose to dedicate myself to studying how to play the trumpet, which increasingly kept intriguing me! To have something that gives you satisfaction and stimulates your creativity is fundamental, especially in these times.
I absolutely need to mention my teacher who has given me music lessons for the past one and a half years. His name is Ermes Santolini, and he is the trumpet player for, and director of, the Banda Musicale Minatori di Perticara (a village near Maiolo where I live). He has a great passion for teaching and I largely owe my musical progress to him.
Music is a world as infinite as our inner world – and even though I started at 48, as we say in Italy: Non è mai troppo tardi! (It is never too late!)
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