Who or what inspired you to take up the cello and pursue a career in music? CA: I started the cello a little before I was
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Adam Swayne, pianist & composer
Who or what inspired you to take up a career in music? As a teenager I was lucky to have Jeremy Carter as my piano
Wim Henderickx, composer
I start from inspiration around a certain idea or sound performance, which I intuitively try to understand and write down. I let my ideas flow, often at the piano. Then I search for certain systems, rhythmic or melodic motifs, harmonies etc. that are present in this inspiration
Helen Grime, composer
Each commission has its own challenges, this may be linked to a brief. It often feels like you have to learn composing anew for each piece and that’s tough
Martin Gaughan, composer
the thing perhaps that links my compositional language is a sense of expressiveness, I feel a great need to express how I feel and think, as I am sure do all composers. I can’t, for example, work solely with serial techniques
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