Percussion is something special to me, tuned and untuned. Some drums are so extensive in their possibilities of sound graduation, pitch and timbre – that I said it was like having an orchestra beneath your fingers
Tag: interviews with composers
Anne Vanschothorst, composer and harpist
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? Before making harp and soul music, my identity was determined
Andrew James Johnson, composer & pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? Although I started playing the piano from around seven years
Helen Walker, musician & composer
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? Almost as soon as I started to learn music I
Marcus Paus, composer
I am a lyrical writer at heart, but I enjoy virtuosity. My eclectic background lets itself be heard most prominently in more energetic passages. I like economy, and clarity of form and content, and I strive to make my material distinct, in order to give my music an internal sense of memory.
