Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
The virtuoso element in jazz playing, all those very fast runs in the upper extremes, simply doesn't appeal to me. That's why I don't… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended. — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
