I Love A Visceral Sound, The Kind

My Music Wouldn't Sound The Way It Does If I Hadn't Had The Experience Of Conducting.

There Was This Kind Of Mildly Annoying Mythology About Conductor Like Biker Should Riding A Harley-davidson On An Lp Cover, And Wearing A Sort Of A Leather Suit.

This Conducting Thing Happened. In 1983 I Was Sucked Into This International Career, Which Was A Very Scary Experience.

Conducting Is Intensely Social. You Work With A Hundred People Every Day. You Collaborate, You Try To Focus Their Thoughts, You Try To Give Them A Concept, You Try To Inspire Them, And It's Actually Exhausting.

I Feel Very Free And Very Happy To Be A Composer.