Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
As one of the new faces in the industry, what inspired you to pursue a career in music? A lot of things inspired me to
Success is being able to touch what you like and have a faithful audience. In fact, success is not what you do, but what you did.
I love collaboration – when it works, it’s a wonderful feeling. I love the combination of ideas and opinions that result in a score you may otherwise never have written, work that is more than the sum of its parts. Of course, it can come with challenges, when you know the music isn’t quite working, or you don’t see eye to eye with your director or producer, but in my experience at least, it does seem generally to work well in the end.
We have to be relevant and people have to be interested in coming to hear us. Also, there is a major difference between venues and audiences. In New York, I would seldom play a complete programme of Beethoven Sonatas; however, when I go back to my native Romania, such a recital would be sold out months in advance… You have to adapt!
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano and pursue a career in music? My grandmother is a pianist and piano professor and
