Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My mother played the accordion and she has always been my inspiration: it was
Tag: interviews with composers
Marisa Michelson, composer
I want to be able to keep making work, and my definition of outer success would be that I have enough financial support and audience interest to be able to manifest my wildest musical-centered imaginations.
Juan Maria Solare, composer & pianist
I play best the pieces that I practice more… and since I understandably practice more the music that I love, I possibly play two things best: the late pieces by Franz Liszt and… my own music
Peter Manning Robinson, composer & pianist
Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? When I was three years old, my parents bought a piano for the home.
Peter Ash, conductor/composer
I always wanted to be closer to music. Conducting was a natural extension and progression from my experience as a horn player. The challenge of trying to imagine a complex score written by someone else took this magical internal activity even further than playing one line. Perhaps the ultimate version of this is to imagine one’s own sounds.
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