Along with physics, I've always enjoyed music. The most formative music for me was western classical, which ran in my family at the professional level through grandparents I never had the chance to meet. I grew up with classical piano training, and played cello starting a little later and without private lessons.
Playing in orchestras through undergrad and college eventually inspired me to assemble a casual chamber ensemble to play through whatever bits of the standard repertoire I could manage as a cellist. I was lucky enough to meet a pianist to entertain my casual chamber needs, and realized my favorite chamber ensemble - the piano trio. I'm now a fan of finding others to play chamber music with wherever I go! If this is you, please reach out :)
Along with the playing and listening, I have always had a pet interest in western classical music history. I took a few courses in undergrad, and you can still catch me reading biographies of my favorite pianists, composers, etc.
My current favorite composer is Robert Schummann, for his piano works...it helps that he wrote a suite of dances for me.
Being around talented jazz musicians in college got me to fall for jazz piano - and it is now one of my lifetime goals to learn how to play jazz. When I started to get into it, I found slow ballads appealing - here's me attempting a sight read of Pure Imagination.
I also had the priviledge of living with a bedroom producer in undergrad, which got me into electronic music (...especially future bass). Inspired by him and another friend who was into analog synthesizers, I got a subscription to Ableton and made my own little eurorack rig. In short, another long-term music goal of mine is to get proficient with production - here is one of my first attempts at making something.