As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.

If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now.

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.

The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster.

I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.

I actually don't like this term, "classic." It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.

Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting young composers, supporting new ideas, supporting new ways of getting the message across.