{"id":199373,"date":"2026-09-10T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=199373"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:28:47","slug":"i-love-hobbies-for-florian-playing-the-piano-is-existential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/10\/i-love-hobbies-for-florian-playing-the-piano-is-existential\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Hobbies: For Florian, playing the piano is existential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">What do students do once they put their study books aside or staff after leaving their offices? Master student Florian Gronauer can\u2019t imagine his life without the piano. 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He fell in love with the city and knew he wanted to come back to do his masters. \u201cI\u2019ve met so many friends here through music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florian is no stranger to the piano. His parents started his musical career at the age of two when they put him on rhythmic clapping. At eight years old, Florian started playing the piano. 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