Concert Pianist Plays Classical Music For Rescue Elephant in Thailand
Posted on February 6, 2021 by agogo22
âThere is something infinitesimally wonderful in a piece of Beethoven that connects me to that elephant and that feeling is otherworldly.â
video.. Artist and concert pianist Paul Barton plays beautiful classical music for rescue elephants in Thailand
They say music is a universal language, and it turns out thatâs even true for animals. At least it seems so according to the experience of Paul Bartonâan artist and concert pianist who haclassn playing the piano to rescue elephants in Thailand since 2011.
He performs a variety of classical compositions for the animals, who stand by attentively listening, seemingly spellbound by pieces from composers such as Beethoven, Schumann, and Grieg.
His most recent spectator is Mongkol, an aging bull elephant that was rescued from a life of captivity hauling trees for a logging company. âOccasionally, Mongkol when strolling along the river would stop by the piano,â Barton explains of his interaction with the gentle creature. âIf we noticed him waiting I would go over and play him a few slow classical pieces.â
Over the years, Barton has played for quite a few of the friendly giants and formed a deep connection with many of them. âIf you play classical music to an elephant. . . the reaction is priceless,â the pianist says. âThere is a special bond between you and the elephant.
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You are communicating with them in a different language. That language is neither our nor theirs. There is something infinitesimally wonderful in a piece of Beethoven that connects me to that elephant and that feeling is otherworldly.â
Most of the elephants that Barton plays for are rescues from the logging industry, which was banned in Thailand in 1989. Many have ended up blind or sustained other injuries as a result of their grueling employment. Now, they reside at Elephants World, a sanctuary on the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi, Thailand where they are cared for and can live peacefully.
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