I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.
The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.
I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
I just have to take my chances like any other composer.
I often think of random melodies. And I pretty much hear in my head what I want to do with the orchestra as I'm writing on the piano.
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.