The greatest challenge has been – and always will be – to remain true to oneself musically. It is easy to be distracted by the need to make money and the successes of others, so nurturing one’s own musical aspirations needs particular care.
Category: Interview
Miller Porfiris Duo
In our experience, audiences are hungry for live music concerts. If you are able to do a good job of communicating the art, it doesn’t matter what genre music it is. We play outreach concerts for people that have never been exposed to classical music and the response is extraordinary.
Tom Donald, pianist & composer
I think about my audience first. Improvisation is a challenging genre and for that reason, it can come across as non-inclusive from the audience’s perspective.
Stephen Gott, pianist
Success as a musician is experiencing failure, learning from it and still having the passion for what you do.
AlAstair Penman, composer & performer
I think composers will always say they’re most proud of their most recent works – if we weren’t proud of them we’d keep working on them until we were! So, because of this I have to say my most recent album, Do You Hear Me?
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