I Started Conducting Lessons And I Realized

The Sort Of Commercial Parameters Of Classical Music Changed After The [world War Ii] , And The Whole Industry Became More Backward-looking.

Music Has Just As Much To Do With Movement And Body As It Does Soul And Intellect.

Stravinsky Is Masterly: His Harmony Is Conceived So Precisely That It Can Only Be The Way It Is.

In Europe, There Is So Much Tradition, And Everyone Has Established Ideas As To What Art Should Be And What It Has Always Been.

I'm Trying To Conduct Only Five Months A Year, And The Rest Will Be Composing Time. I'm Trying To Spend As Much As I Can Out Of Those Months Here In L.a., Because For Creative Work, This Is A Fantastic Place.