De acordo com o primeiro e segundo parágrafos, Michael
Fuller
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There is nothing conventional about 17-year-old
Michael Fuller’s relationship with music. As someone with
high-functioning autism who sees the world through sound,
creating melodies from the bustle of the high street or trains
on the tracks feels more natural than any social interaction.
This hardwired connection to sound has been with him for as
long as he can remember.
By the age of 11, Michael could play Mozart by ear, having
taught himself to play the piano through a mobile phone
app. The app highlighted notes on a keyboard as classical
music played. He describes his unusual musical talent as
“downloading” music into his head. His mother, Nadine,
remembers that as a child Michael would “suddenly pop up
and say: ‘I’ve got a symphony’”. Michael took to the piano and
found he could quickly perform complex pieces from memory.
“I liked what I was hearing, sought more music and began
studying through Google and YouTube,” he remembers. “It
was very organic. I would listen in great depth and the music
would be implanted in my mind. I could then just play it on the
piano – all without being taught.”
Growing up in a family that listened to reggae over
classical music, Michael feels “very much aware” of how
different his approach is to music – symbolised by the way he
taught himself piano as a child. This, his mother says, came
as a “surprise to the family and myself – I’d never listened to
classical music in my life”.
It was not long after learning to play the piano that Michael
started composing his own works. Describing this process
as “making music with my mind”, Michael says composing
classical symphonies “helps me to express myself through
music – it makes me calm”. Michael wants to nurture his
song writing to achieve his ambition of becoming a modern
mainstream classical artist. He wants to control the creative
process, unlike typical modern-day composers, who he says
“write blobs on a page, hand it over to the musicians – then say
bye-bye and stay in the background and get no recognition”.
Instead, Michael is determined to take centre stage.
(Alex Taylor. www.bbc.com, 27.03.2018. Adaptado.)
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There is nothing conventional about 17-year-old Michael Fuller’s relationship with music. As someone with high-functioning autism who sees the world through sound, creating melodies from the bustle of the high street or trains on the tracks feels more natural than any social interaction. This hardwired connection to sound has been with him for as long as he can remember.
By the age of 11, Michael could play Mozart by ear, having taught himself to play the piano through a mobile phone app. The app highlighted notes on a keyboard as classical music played. He describes his unusual musical talent as “downloading” music into his head. His mother, Nadine, remembers that as a child Michael would “suddenly pop up and say: ‘I’ve got a symphony’”. Michael took to the piano and found he could quickly perform complex pieces from memory.
“I liked what I was hearing, sought more music and began studying through Google and YouTube,” he remembers. “It was very organic. I would listen in great depth and the music would be implanted in my mind. I could then just play it on the piano – all without being taught.”
Growing up in a family that listened to reggae over classical music, Michael feels “very much aware” of how different his approach is to music – symbolised by the way he taught himself piano as a child. This, his mother says, came as a “surprise to the family and myself – I’d never listened to classical music in my life”.
It was not long after learning to play the piano that Michael started composing his own works. Describing this process as “making music with my mind”, Michael says composing classical symphonies “helps me to express myself through music – it makes me calm”. Michael wants to nurture his song writing to achieve his ambition of becoming a modern mainstream classical artist. He wants to control the creative process, unlike typical modern-day composers, who he says “write blobs on a page, hand it over to the musicians – then say bye-bye and stay in the background and get no recognition”. Instead, Michael is determined to take centre stage.
(Alex Taylor. www.bbc.com, 27.03.2018. Adaptado.)
