In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin - without doing it too much and forcing the instrument. It is very easy to be overly expressive on the recorder, and finding the balance is quite difficult.

You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument.

Each composer has their own language, and I try to meet the challenges, even if at first sight, they appear impossible.

It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.

Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin.

I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the music; they are more interested to see if the musician actually has something to say.

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions.