Why I . . . teach piano
Consultant surgeon Sam Turner speaks to Erin Dean about how playing and teaching piano helps him destress and brings him joy Playing the piano has been a source of joy and peace since childhood for consultant renal transplantation surgeon Sam Turner. For the past 12 years he has found a new passion in music, by teaching the piano to others. Turner, who works for North Bristol NHS Trust, started playing the piano at the age of 7, after going along to lessons with his mother, who was also learning to play. “I spent many, many hours just playing and along the way completed all eight grade exams while at school,” he says. At 18 Turner started medical school, leaving home and the piano. In his fourth year, however, when he was missing playing, he was given an electric piano. This piano moved with him 16 times …
