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DH: It’s interesting that you use this landscape analogy, because in some of your YouTube videos, you set your own drone footage to your music.
AD: In music nowadays, people often want an image together with the music. The abstract imagination has been put aside. On one hand, I think it’s a little bit disappointing because I would like people to be more abstract. I still think the Brahms Quintet has no need for image; we are able to perceive music as it is and be lost inside its world. But on the other hand, I cannot say that what I play with electronic music is not something that could be accompanied with images. I have these drones, and I like flying them. The footage that comes from them is very nice and needs music. Sometimes putting together things like that are exciting, and they complement each other. This sense of flight is coming
together here. And the particular music that I choose for the drone footage I think is okay for a combined viewing and listening experience.
DH: What is it like to collaborate and play with your wife, pianist Ingrid Fliter?
AD: We are married and have been together for quite some time. We started playing together a long time ago, and we find that we are not fighting while rehearsing, which is a very positive start for being able to perform together. Our music views can be different sometimes, but mostly
in the same direction. When we perform together, it’s fantastic. We try to do it as much as we can. She’s an amazing musician and pianist, and what else would I want in a musical partner?
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