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Judith Weir - composing myself
It was a long time I think before I could possible say or identify elements in my work which were personal to me and in a way my consciousness of that really came out from other people’s valuations of what I was doing.
The other thing for the composer the wish is always to ilude yourself and to do different things and not to go down the same trucks. It will rather boring thing to set off on the next piece and think here am I doing my usual thing again.
It will be a shame if I don’t hear my earliest year. Is interesting of revisiting a version of myself.
My own reaction to the progression of my own music is the increasing clarity. But that might be a clarity for me and for what I was doing.
I earned Confidence during this years to write what I want and not what I should write
Composition has to be the best part of the day the most enjoy full part of the day. Is important for me to have a relax time to have the piece on the go.
Working with other musicians is not just a matter of can you play this, but yes a sort of knowing and engaging with their personality and that is super important for thew music you’re writing …
Why they want this new piece….why they want top perform this piece…

Tan Dun (composer from china) - Composing myself
When I write opera everything is so meaningful - colourful the orchestra, setting texts
In a day routine, I always want to have in the morning my yogurt with cereal and banana, at lunch I would like to have sushi or a Turkish kebab and at dinner an Italian pasta or steak. So in my music is the same, I love to have different meals during the day. I can have so many influences in one piece, or I just can have a couple of them, but always something that will be different and something that will make my piece reacher as my daily routine food is.