I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

Craft is part of the creative process.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.