A frank exchange in which the composer reveals some of his past life and how he began to like music only belatedly. Also, he talks about his time as a cinema music player.

Don’t miss this revealing conversation to be published here on Substack on 23rd April 2026.


I write imagined conversations with history’s most remarkable figures: women, Visionaries, and creative minds. Not summaries, but actual encounters. Real lives, reimagined in dialogue.

If you’ve ever wanted to hear the past answer back, you’re in the right place. I call it History Speaks.

You can find more of these one-to-one conversations with leading historical figures in my two books: Conversations with Remarkable Women and Conversations with Marvellous Muses, both available from Amazon.