I'm Composing More Than Before. I'm Cutting

I Feel That This Is My Artistic Home, And I'm Very Happy To Be A California Artist Together With Many Others Who Are Not From Here Originally But Who Decided To Make This The Center Of Their Activities. There's Something About That That I Find Very Inspiring And Satisfying.

Of Course, If You Think Of A European Or American Household In The '50s, So What Were The Things That When People Started Climbing Up The Ladder, What Did They Buy? A Fridge, A Tv, I Think Piano Was The Number Three Item In Say '53 Or '54.

We're Dealing With Music That Is Being Played By Traditional Instruments In A Specifically Built Building Called A Concert Hall. But Classical Is Not - The Reference Is Wrong, Because Classical On One Hand Refers To One Period In Musical History, Which Is Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, Which Is A Fine Period In Musical History, But It Was A While Ago.on The Other Hand, It Sort Of Alludes To Some Kind Of "class," Which A, Is Not True; B, Is Kind Of Detrimental To The Whole Idea. Because The Point Is That This Music Is Available And It's Actually Relatively Reasonably Priced.

I Was Starting A Group Of Musicians And We Had A Group Of Young Composers In Finland Back In The '70s, And The Real Conductors, The Professional Conductors At The Time Were Not Interested In Our Stuff.

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