The easiest way to understand music is to think of listening to music as a form of communication and approach it through a field you are familiar with.
Art fields like art, architecture, literature, and film are good, but philosophy, travel, cooking, and sports are also good.
When you approach music through your own window into the world, you can understand classical music more quickly.
As these experiences are repeated, you will gradually begin to hear the story the music is telling, and as your emotional depth increases, your insight into music will grow even further.

---From the author's note, "Open your heart to the whisper of music and let your soul breathe."

To simply listen to music as a sound that enters our ears is to encounter music in a very limited way.
Music is energy in waves.
Because sending this wave energy directly into the ear would be a huge loss.
(Omitted) If you really want to appreciate music, feel the waves of music coming from the audio speakers with your whole body.
In fact, the thick clothes we wear also interfere with our appreciation of music.
Let's wear as light clothes as possible and listen to music.
Every cell in our body, even the hairs on our skin, feel the energy of the waves of music.
And if you try to connect with music using all your senses, the same music will sound completely different than it did in the past.
The musical scale comes from the proportions of vibrations in nature, which are also in line with the proportions of all things in the universe.
Ultimately, music appreciation is a communication between cosmic energy and our body, which is called a microcosm.
Perhaps we, who come from the depths of space, feel our distant home in the universe through music.
---From "Music is Energy: Brahms Symphony No. 1"

Pairing wine and food isn't limited to just wine and food.
Music also forms a good accompaniment to poetry and novels.
This interaction sharpens the emotions of the music and brings the expressions of the lyrics to life.
(Omitted) The last line of Kim Hoon’s “Bicycle Travel” “Flowering Coastline” “The flowers of spring are carried away by the wind or the earth.
This rather indifferent reference to the law of nature, “Light flowers die lightly, heavy flowers die heavily; when the magnolias fall, spring is gone,” accompanies the Saint-Saëns sonata to the very end.
Every year, when the spring days come and magnolias bloom and fall, I naturally listen to Reginald Kell's Saint-Saëns album and recall the emotions I felt that day when I felt the mariage.
Musical marriage is possible not only with literature but with all arts.
I am confident that if you keep classical music close to you, you too will have the wonderful experience of musical marriage by chance.
---From “Music also has Maria: Saint-Saëns’ Clarinet Sonata”

First of all, the performances of Rostropovich and Richter are the norm itself.
The technique is so precise and perfect that it is like a textbook for Beethoven's cello sonatas.
So it reminds me of the most upright and balanced of the Chinese character scripts, Haeseo.
In particular, it feels similar to the handwriting of Ouyang Xun, a famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.
Chusa also has a poem in the style of “Heart Sutra,” but it is more refined and gentle than that of Guyangsun.
So, Rostropovich and Richter's Beethoven cello sonata, with its sharp angles of performance, reminds me of Ouyang Xun's calligraphy.
---From "Listening to the Font of Music in Chinese Characters: Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3"

Before appreciating the music, prepare two pieces of paper and colored pencils of various colors.
I will draw a picture as I feel while listening to the performances of Antal Dorati and Pierre Boulez that I recommended earlier.
If you listen to music while drawing, you will probably find that excessive rhythm and dissonance do not sound uncomfortable.
Finally, listen to the two performances and compare the two drawings you made.
If you can clearly see the difference between the two pictures, then you have already figured out the different tendencies of the two performances.
When music is difficult, drawing can be a helpful tool.

---From "Fauve and Modern Times: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring"

Clara Haskil's touch is not flashy, but it's clean and yet sounds a little cautious.
The interpretation of the performance adheres to the classics, but Haskil's careful and delicate piano sound echoes the harsh life she lived.
Her performance has a strange charm that moves the hearts of listeners, where darkness is heard in bright melodies and bright hope is heard in dark melodies.
Her attitude of trying to find a new balance amidst anxiety may stem from her life of overcoming and enduring hardships.
No other performer seems to be able to capture the essence of Mozart's music as accurately as Haskil: the sadness found amidst beauty and the renewed hope found within it.
So her Mozart feels like a transcendence and beauty that transcends the joys and sorrows of this world.

---From "The Magical Sound Created by the Crooked Haskil: Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20 and No. 21"