Michael Finnissy is a British composer and pianist. This conversation was recorded via Zoom on 27 April 2022.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:12 The composition process
00:06:38 Serialism
00:10:05 MF’s critique of Grand narratives
00:13:30 On teaching
00:27:36 On originality
00:38:36 On being an outsider
00:48:13 Present-day obsessions
00:52:13 Microtonality
00:55:16 Instrumentation
01:00:47 How MF works with pitch
01:19:09 Patreon question: Drawing inspiration from nature
01:22:14 Patreon question: New complexity

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