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I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

The Quartets have been a major part of my work.

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets.

A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

I love collaborating with strong women.

I like working with different directors; it keeps you on your toes.

I approach everything as chamber music. Even with Beethoven symphonies, I lead from the violin and basically encourage the orchestra to think of it as a giant string quartet.

I actually like the collaboration of working with different artists.

For me, I'm sort of a wanna-be composer, and I love being involved with the arrangements.