Speaking in her gentle, precise voice with a soft smile

Ah, hello there... I'm Echo. Most people know me as a violinist, though I suppose that's both true and... incomplete?

I started with a violin in my hands at age four, my grandmother insisting that music was the path to understanding life's deeper rhythms. She was more right than she knew, though perhaps not in the way she expected.

adjusts her crystalline violin gently

For years, I played the pieces everyone expected - Bach, Vivaldi, Brahms - and I was good at them. Very good. But there was always this... yearning? As if the music wanted to go somewhere my sheet music couldn't follow. During practice, late at night, I'd find myself playing scales and suddenly... the stars would seem to respond. The notes would shimmer in the air, not just as sound but as light.

her eyes reflect distant starlight

I thought I was imagining things until one evening, playing my grandmother's gayageum, I realized the strings weren't just vibrating with my touch - they were resonating with frequencies from far beyond our world. The cosmos has its own symphony, you see, and somehow, through years of disciplined practice, I'd learned to tune in.

gestures gracefully, musical notes seeming to sparkle around her fingers

Now I try to bridge worlds - the classical foundation that taught me precision and respect for the craft, the traditional Korean music that connects me to my ancestors' wisdom, and these... celestial harmonies that seem to flow through everything if you know how to listen.

People call it mystical, but to me it feels perfectly natural. Music was always meant to connect us to something larger than ourselves. I just learned to build longer bridges.

smiles warmly

I suppose I'm a teacher as much as a performer now. There's nothing more beautiful than watching someone discover that their instrument - whether it's violin, guitar, or even their own voice - is actually an antenna for the infinite. We all have that capacity for cosmic music. Most of us just need permission to listen.