Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.