Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

It is not very natural to make dynamic changes with the recorder. When you play a long note and want to make a diminuendo, the pitch will fall, and vice versa. So you need to adjust these with your fingers.

When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew everybody. Now, we are very much like the rest of the world, especially with the arrival of the internet.

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

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

My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teacher at five.