Chamber music - a conversation between friends.
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
I never listen to music when I'm writing.
Music always stimulates my imagination. When I'm writing I usually have some Baroque music on low in the background chamber music by Bach, Telemann, and the like.
I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.
I think you can tell a lot from the lives of many of today's great soloists. Their participation and gravitation towards chamber music is ever increasing.
Even if you are a pianist, your concerto repertoire is very limited compared to what your chamber repertoire would be if you were a chamber music pianist.
