Favorite modern composers:
Yves Prin, Henri Dutilleux, Pierre Boulez, Michael Finnissy, Brian Ferneyhough, George Flynn, Bernd Aloys Zimmermann, Alberto Ginastera, Nikolai Roslavets, Alexander Mosolov, Sylvano Bussotti, Salvatore Sciarrino, Mauricio Kagel, Gyorgy Kurtag, Carl Vine, Beat Furrer, Iannis Xenakis, Krzysztof Penderecki, James Dillon, Wolfgang Rihm, Sergei Protopopov, Claude Vivier, Jean Barraque, Alfred Schnittke, Eino-Juhani Rautavaara, Tristan Murail, Benjamin Britten, Frederic Rzewski, Yoshihisa Taira, Rolf Gehlhaar, Edgard Varese, Vinko Globokar, Arthur Kampela, Stefano Scodanibbio, Pascal Dusapin, Horatiu Radulescu, Helmut Lachenmann