I believe my greatest challenge has always been fighting against attempts by the music industry to label me and my music, to pigeonhole us
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
I believe my greatest challenge has always been fighting against attempts by the music industry to label me and my music, to pigeonhole us
Who or what inspired you to take up conducting and pursue a career in music? I started playing the piano as a little boy, when
My compositional language embraces many elements. Most of all it is lyrical – I enjoy creating long melodic lines which interact and create tension with an underlying harmonic structure. Frequently a harmonic structure grows out of a melodic idea.
I’m a very visual person, so the look of a film, how it’s filmed, the angles, and the colour, all play a part in how it sounds.
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? My dad and mom, David and Regina. They ran a