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s-1	I left Colombia when I was 26 years old to work at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington When I arrived, I had a shock.
s-2	The city was so much more organized and less crowded than my hometown.
s-3	I then left for Geneva.
s-4	An it was another cultural shock.
s-5	After many years away from home I still miss my family, good fruits, my music and the spontaneity of the people.
s-6	But I am glad I have music in my life.
s-7	Music is one pillar of my life and has guided me throughout my life, from Colombia to Switzerland.
s-8	Music made me discover so many new interesting people, from all around the world.
s-9	I also had the chance to travel and be able to communicate through music.
s-10	Last year, the UN orchestra went to South Korea to play with a local orchestra from Seoul at the DMZ.
s-11	Given the languages constraints, my communication was not fluent with the Korean musicians at the beginning, it was only limited to smiles from both sides.
s-12	However, once the two orchestras started playing together, the language barriers were not important anymore.
s-13	At the end, we ended up enjoying the time without the need of expressing words, we connected with the others through music.