Musician

Marinera musician playing the horn

A musician (Greek: μουσική [τέχνη]; Latin: mūsicus) is a person who plays a musical instrument. Anyone who composes, conducts, or performs music is called a musician. A musician who plays a musical instrument is also known as a performer or instrumentalist.

Musicians can specialize in any style of music, and some play a variety of different styles depending on their culture and background. Some examples of the multiple activities that a musician can develop include acting, conducting, singing, musical improvisation, composition, arranging, orchestration, and music production.

Trained musicians

Music playing piano

They are those musicians who have formal music studies, in music conservatories, music study centers, universities, institutes or academies, in order to perform as:

• Director of orchestra
• Composer
• Instrumentists (pianists, violinists,flautists, cellists, counterbajists, percussionists, classical guitarists, etc.)
• Bachelor of Music
• Music teachers
• Musical critic (not understanding performance reporters and pamphlet)
• Musicologist
• Ethnomusicologist

Empirical musicians

Blind music playing the accordion

They are those musicians who, without having formal music studies, interpret and compose in a self-taught way. Sometimes they are called amateur musicians, although they should not be confused with those musicians who, although they have training, perform their music on an honorary or amateur basis, that is, without receiving any financial benefit in return. Many of the empirical musicians play an instrument as a means of subsistence.

Day of the musician

For Catholics, Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music, according to a bull of Pope Gregory XIII from 1594. The patronal festival is celebrated on November 22, the date of the death of the martyr, who became on the date of celebration of Musician's Day.