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Philip Cashian Interview
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007. © Copyright 2004-2008 David Bruce
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C:T speaks to composer Philip Cashian whose music has been performed and broadcast worldwide. Commissions have included the BBC and the LSO.
Tell us something about your background.
I did a BMus at Cardiff University then went on to study with Olly Knussen and Simon Bainbridge at the Guildhall. In 1990 I was the Britten Fellow at Tanglewood where I studied with Lukas Foss.
When did you start composing?
When I was 12.
Which composers have influenced you the most?
Stravinsky, Zappa, Sibelius
Which non-musical influences have affected your music most?
All sorts of things but at the moment I'm particularly interested in the St Ives artists from around 50 years ago.
Tell us something about your working method as a composer. Give us something that might be or might have been a starting point for a piece.
I don't really think I have a working method other than trying to make myself stay at the desk and not get distracted. Starting points for pieces are usually 4 note chords out of which I develop all my musical material as well as very general plans for pieces jotted onto a time line.
Do you have a routine? A place that's special
Yes. My study at the top of the house.
Interview by David Bruce © Copyright 2004-2008
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