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

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

It Would Be Very Tempting To Say That Why Paint Because We Have Michelangelo, We Have Leonardo [da Vinci], We Have All These Guys. Why Waste Your Time, Because Most Likely You're Not Going To Be On That Level Anyway.

The Classical Music Industry, Has Been An Industry Of Covers. So We Do Covers, And If I Compare This With The Rock And Pop Side, What Is The Most Exciting Event?

The Northern Idea Of Form Is More Of A Process. The Various Units Of The Form Overlap. You Can't Tell Where Some Things Stop And New Things Start. This Is Typical Of Sibelius.

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.