Hello, I'm Park Ji-Hae, and I'm a violinst
only have 18 minutes on this stage today
and I wish to spend short but meaningful time with all of you
The topic of my talk is 'Play your own life'
I personally think that the topic itself is pretty abstract
but I'm a musician, and usually my music comes before my words
and I hope that, with my music, I can deliver this message and this topic
I want to share with you
thank you
Right now, I'm wearing fancy stage costumes
and I play music on this beautiful stage
but, at some point in my life, I had a desperate moment when I cannot see even faintest gleam of hope
and I was so desperate, and I fell into deep depression
back then, someone spoke words of comfort to me
and well, I had to first perceive and then comprehend that language
but I was so exhausted that I didn't even have any strength to do that simple task
and back then, without sleeping, I played music all along night and day
in that moment, when I listened to the music I played, the voice I heard not by my ears, but by my soul
I didn't have to comprehend or understand that voice, and without such process, my soul was imbued with that voice, and that words
gave me comfort and strength to journey on
Today, I would like to share this music with all of you
The title of this song is, 'Take My Hand'
Even if you feel no one is out there
Always, there is someone holding your hands and never giving up
someone who will love you even at the last moment of life
and I wish you to draw strength from remembering it
really beautiful song, isn't it?
The song I first performed on this stage, was famous classic song, Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons
and some people say, classic music, especially with violin
is a little bit edgy, and sometimes its too boring
so they just sit around and drowse
when they go to classic music concert
I wanted to share these beautiful songs with others and I want to emphasize with the audiences
so, I put down all the pride or self-esteem as classic violinist
and I not only performed on the fancy, formal stages
but also visited Sorokdo and performed for leprosy patients, visited penitentiary
and also visited Severance Hospital and performed for the hospital patients, and this become something like a project
so I visited many hospitals, and tried my best to inspire people by such music concerts
and while performing songs in those music concerts,
not only I felt worth for it, not only audiences were encouraged by the music
but my music was no more a subject for an evaluation
and play my life, with this violin, I can share my music with others
and I can journey on for my ultimate goal, and the fact that this violin can be a powerful sword, for me
was an enlightenment
I don't know how much great knowledge and experiences you have
and don't know in what social status you are in and how influential you are
but just with your own talent
play your own life, and by showing your own talent through your life
play your own beautiful verses, day by day
and not only for your own sake
but also for the world, please, show your talent and change the world we are living in
wishing you to perform your own music,
I will play the last long, which you will all know
if you don't know this song, I'm sure that you are not Korean
my last song is, Arirang
Thank you