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

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

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

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

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.

I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural or the easiest. I enjoy the challenges - especially those that come with composers who have written contemporary music for the recorder.

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