ALBERT Einstein, they say, liked classical music (rock 'n' roll was not born then). He said he found a mathematical structure in music that sharpened his concentration. Therefore, he would listen to Mozart while conducting research -the sonata for two pianos in D Major being his favourite piece. It has been scientifically proven that music stimulates the mind but the relationship between science and music is much deeper.

There is a song inside everyone of us, quite literally, or so Stuart Mitchell fiercely believes. The Scottish composer has just turned Beethoven's genetic code into a classical composition. The German composer's genetic code will be played for 15 minutes in piano and cello at the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in the UK.

Stuart Mitchell is to music what Robert Langdon is to Da Vinci Code, only Stuart is for real. In 2007, he and his father (both musicians) created quite a stir in the musical world when they claimed to have deciphered hidden musical codes in the Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland. When they played the Rosslyn Motet, as the composition is called, later that year, many claimed it to be the Holy Grail of music. If Einstein saw mathematical structure in Mozart's compositions, the Mitchells found musical notes in the 600-year-old structure. The father and son observed that the sculpted angels were carrying musical instruments and some were even grouped like a choir. They also found that the intricately carved cubes in the arches in the chapel depicted musical notes. Then they found one angle pointing to three keynotes on a stave -it was the blueprint for the song.

To find the right notes as pointed by the angle, they put sand on stretched skin and emitted different sound pitch/vibrations using high-tech equipment till the patterns on the cubes were recreated by the sand. This way the ancient musical codes were deciphered. The final product is a haunting piece of music, almost surreal to the ears.

The human body has even more secrets to offer than the Rosslyn Chapel and the human DNA can be several times more complex to decode than the 13 ancient cubes. But is the music within us good enough for all that hard work?

Expecting music to be flowing in Beethoven's veins, Stuart set out to convert the composer's DNA sequence to musical notes. But Stuart Mitchell was surprised to hear Ludwig Van Beethoven's DNA symphony. "To me it sounds like somebody fighting, struggling, a really sympathetic melody with a great deal of soul," he says.

Beethoven's shining career came to a very tragic end. His hearing had begun to deteriorate early in his career, yet he continued to compose and perform. It is said that at the end of the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, he `saw' the audience applaud but he could not `hear' anything. He wept. He had gone completely deaf.