What are the themes that inspire you most in your music?
In recent years, I’ve been especially interested in melody and the many ways it can be shaped and transformed. This includes ornamentation, its relationship to form and harmony, as well as modal systems and tuning structures. Melody, for me, is a gateway to deeper expression—it carries cultural weight and emotional nuance, especially when explored through non-standard intonation and invented systems.
Was there a particular moment or experience that set you firmly on the path to becoming a composer?
When I was a child, I received a small electronic keyboard as a gift. The very first thing I did wasn’t to play existing songs, but to improvise and compose a short piece of my own. I suppose composition has always come naturally to me—as if inventing music was my instinctive response to sound.
Can you share something about your creative process?
My creative process unfolds in several stages. First, I allow myself to dream about the piece—I imagine its general shape, atmosphere, and emotional trajectory. Then I begin generating materials, defining constraints, inventing modal or tuning systems, and sketching out a possible form. The actual composition stage is often quick and spontaneous, usually done at the computer to maintain momentum. But this is followed by slower periods of reflection, during which I return to pencil and paper to reconnect with the temporal experience of music—its flow, gestures, and silences. This balance between speed and slowness is essential to how my pieces take shape.
