Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.
America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.
American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
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.
Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.
There are still great artists in the country format.
There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare.
Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful.