The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment. ↗
But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places. ↗
When I began, the guitar was en-closed in a vicious circle. There were no composers writing for the guitar, be-cause there were no virtuoso guitarists. ↗
I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind. ↗
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly. ↗