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Berlin, Germany – Music is a major part of Rayhan Butt’s life. The 18-year-old from the west German city of Bielefeld discovered his passion for the piano a few years ago, and now plays daily, sometimes for 12 hours a day. Picking up singing along the way, he performs regularly across the country.Butt has now found a way to combine his love of music with his love for Germany. Next month, he will travel to Berlin for an internship with the German Armed Forces, and in autumn he will be joining full-time as part of the army’s marching band.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Europe reimagines rearmament at sea, learning from Russia’s war on Ukrainelist 2 of 4‘A stress test’: US-Germany rift widens as Iran war drags onlist 3 of 4Why is Germany trying to build ‘Europe’s strongest conventional army’?list 4 of 4NATO pledges 70 billion euros for Ukraine as Trump praises peace ‘progress’end of list“Music, especially piano and singing, is not a hobby – it’s my whole life, and I want to build my future around it,” Butt tells Al Jazeera. “The Bundeswehr [German Armed Forces] has an excellent reputation, and there are a lot of opportunities to perform at a very high professional level...