16 ABRACADABRA And, just like Tim Burton, you seem to cultivate a taste for the strange and a predilection for wizards rather than princesses. I find wizards interesting because they’re out of the ordinary run of people: they don’t think the way we do and they see things we can’t see. The power and knowledge they hold in their hands represents a great responsibility, which means they constantly have to choose between good and evil. So their moral values are constantly being challenged and tested. That’s what fascinates me about them! Is that why you wanted to focus on a character as human and endearing as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice? Yes, because he’s so clumsy. He makes human mistakes, prompted by pride and curiosity, when he tries out his powers in the absence of his master, with the consequences we all know. And that brings me back to the very exercise of transcription, which consists in modifying a work without the composer’s approval. Dukas is no longer there to curb my enthusiasm when I adapt his score for the piano!
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