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Sounds of Berklee presents one of Brazil's greatest gifts to the world of music.

One student shares the experience of studying in Athens at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory.

For Ana Molina, her musical calling came during her second semester studying medicine at a university in Ecuador. She had been having doubts about a career as a doctor, and one day in class, she took action. "I just felt it wasn' t for me, that I wanted to be a musician," she recalls. "So I got up and left."

"When I'm on the drums—I know it's cliché to say I feel on top of the world—but you actually do feel some sort of transcendence when you're there," says Otto Gross. "There’s something about rhythm that I really dig."