The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.