Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? Mikael: We were raised in a musical home, and so music became an integral
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Roberto David Rusconi, composer
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? My grandfather was a huge inspiration for me. He was
Raymond Yiu, composer
The main purpose for me as a composer is to communicate ideas, ask questions and trigger emotion in my audience and performers. If someone comes up to me and expresses some form of reaction and thoughts after hearing my music, I think I have succeeded.
Brian Ralston, composer
Musicians are the heart and soul of our music. The notes on the page that we write is not really the music, it is what happens between the notes that is the music; what the musician does with the notes.
Philip Hermann, pianist & composer
Be open to try the things you’ve never done before. Sometimes, I hear musicians say that they don’t play this or that style of music because they either don’t feel comfortable with it or simply don’t like it. I experience again and again that beauty can be found in almost every single piece of musi
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