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Mi interessa molto la musica.

Mi interessa molto la musica.
I am very interested in music.
From Lesson 195:The imperfect subjunctive of 'to be' and 'to have' (fossi, avessi)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Mi interessa molto la musica.

Why does this use mi interessa instead of saying 'I am interested'?
In Italian, the verb interessare works just like piacere. Instead of saying 'I am interested in music', you literally say 'Music interests me'. That is why the indirect object pronoun mi (to me) is used instead of the subject pronoun io (I).
Is la musica the subject of the sentence even though it comes at the end?
Yes! Because interessare works like piacere, the thing you are interested in is actually the subject performing the action. You could write La musica mi interessa molto, but putting the subject at the end is very common and natural in Italian.
Why is there a la before musica when the English translation is just 'music'?
In Italian, you must use a definite article (il, la, etc.) when talking about a broad category or abstract concept. Since you are talking about music in general, it has to be la musica.
If I were interested in plural things, like 'books', how would this sentence change?
Because the thing you are interested in is the grammatical subject, the verb must agree with it. If you are interested in books (i libri), the verb becomes plural: Mi interessano molto i libri.

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