For me, success is someone coming up to me after a concert and saying: “Today was my first classical concert. And I really loved it. And I’m definitely going to come again.”
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
For me, success is someone coming up to me after a concert and saying: “Today was my first classical concert. And I really loved it. And I’m definitely going to come again.”
When I recorded the score for The Windermere Children recently, about children who had survived the Holocaust, I spent a lot of time in the session explaining to the performers what each piece was about, what was happening in the scene, and it made such an incredible difference to the emotion of the score.
The joy when the work will be played is definitely a special pleasure. I mostly use Sibelius for writing and once when I give a musician a part, then my music come to life. That is a very special moment.
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? Nothing was planned, really. Spontaneously, one day I wondered what it would be like
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? In the past years I experienced many musical adventures and met many people and