Mauricio Valderrama Artes Ingles Level 3

  This is the photograph of my classroom. In it you can see the piano that we use and you can see historical paintings on the walls. The photo was taken by me in the first week of school this year in March. I like the photo a lot because it reminds me of the moments when my teacher corrects me, they are moments in which I grow as a musician. Generations of musicians have been trained in this room. The room has an inscription on its door with the name "Rudy Lehmann Room", in honor of Teacher Rudy Lehmann, who for years taught in that room until he died. The piano in the room is a piano that was formerly in the Isidora Zegers room, and due to its technical problems they wanted to discard it. Thanks to my teacher's efforts, he was rescued and taken to our room where the necessary adjustments were made.

Since I was a child I dreamed of being able to make a living from music. Among the many options linked to music and the arts, the one that attracted me the most was to be a piano player. I applied when I was young but for financial reasons I couldn't enroll and study formally at the university. At the time of giving the PSU I enrolled in engineering because I had already retired from music. After two and a half years in engineering, I realized that I didn't like what I was doing and I decided to leave the degree and enter the career of musical performance with a mention in piano. My desire to be a pianist prevailed and made me decide on this career. My experience at the university has been really good, the professors are really good at teaching and the classmates are very friendly. After graduating, I would very much like to dedicate myself to being a piano teacher.