Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really … - Michala Petri

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Michala Petri

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the recorder as a remedy for my expressions.

Expression, Expressions, Inspiration, Looked, Singers

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My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teacher at five.

Father, Mother, Music, Pianist, Teacher, Violinist

I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural or the easiest. I enjoy the challenges - especially those that come with composers who have written contemporary music for the recorder.

Challenges, Composers, Natural, Thinking, Written

Each composer has their own language, and I try to meet the challenges, even if at first sight, they appear impossible.

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You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument.

Express, Expressiveness, Needs, Stronger, Time, Today

In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin - without doing it too much and forcing the instrument. It is very easy to be overly expressive on the recorder, and finding the balance is quite difficult.

Balance, Challenge, Challenges, Overly, Recorder, Sound