I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.

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Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

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

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

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

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

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.