The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.

In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.