The Elephant's Pianist Plays Grieg
As I noted a short while back, I accidentally came across a series of fascinating videos. They’re all from a pianist Paul Barton who has used music to deal with people therapeutically, and he wondered if it would be effective with animals, as well. This is something that Barton has been doing in the jungles of Thailand for many years – I can’t tell exactly, but it seems like perhaps 15 years so far. And he’s developed connections with several of the elephants.
As he writes for this video --
“I’ve become very close to this elephant over the past few years and seen a gentle, sensitive side to his character. From time to time, mainly late afternoon, Chaichana will stop by the piano of his own accord. Sometimes when he’s restless (as at the start of this video) he quickly relaxes to several of his preferred pieces by Greig.”
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