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Another big experience that you�*ve chosen for this cultural life is meeting the american composer and trumpeter wynton marsalis. he wrote a violin concerto for you, which was premiered by the london symphony orchestra and then recorded in 2019 by the philadelphia orchestra. how did that composition process work? how involved were you? oh, i was very involved in... ..violinistic things. i maybe suggested a few things. he would say that i sent him pages and pages of suggestions, but they were extremely specific. like, "can the flute be changed to pianissimo here?" it was almost always to get ...
He wrote a concerto for you, as well. how did that process differ to working with marsalis? mark is absolutely one of a kind. i have loved him, his musicianship, his playing, since he won young musician of the year. the 2006 bbc young musician of the year, mark simpson. cheering and applause. i met him that year. i handed over the prize to him. had you won it the year before? yes. so, i�*ve known him for a long time. and he has the capacity to delve very deep inside the human condition and suffering and is willing to sit there in order to write music and express music, and that�*s what he ...