When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it up or make it easier for the masses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen.
It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.
I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate.
I'm a fan of many different styles of classical and symphonic music.
And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very wide psychological voyage. And I think that's something that we as classical musicians have underestimated.
I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.
Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy.
People perceive opera and classical as elitist - I disagree. I've always tried to mix the two, make it more accessible.
I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.