To write something that is unique means you can’t fulfil anyone’s expectations, which takes bravery, and thinking independently.

Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
To write something that is unique means you can’t fulfil anyone’s expectations, which takes bravery, and thinking independently.
Work hard, dig in and great things will happen
Always write what is true to you at that moment in your life. Do not try to copy or emulate others because someone tells you that is what is current or necessary.
Try a new composing pencil; there might be new notes in it.
Classical music will continue to grow as long as it continues itself to evolve. Incorporating current themes and ideas in programming and allowing for fusion of styles is a key to this.
Composition, for me, involves the combination of musical materials through analysis, intuition and chance – a subtle mixture of freedom and constraint.