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VANESSA WAGNER & WILHEM LATCHOUMIA 27 Wilhem Latchoumia — We also conceived the disc as a journey through space and time. The viewpoint of two Europeans arriving in the United States, passing through Ellis Island, once the border post for immigrants, who enter New York with West Side Story , continue with the dramaturgy of Philip Glass, then break out onto the highways and the outsized landscapes of the country with the Adams piece. For me, Philip Glass is the most radical of these composers, despite his apparent facility. Vanessa Wagner — Yes, his Four Movements is a very powerful piece. It’s based on extremely simple elements but with a radical use of infinitesimal variations that draw you in as if you were hypnotised. Hallelujah Junction is incredibly exhilarating to play, because of the diabolical precision it demands from the performers, its rhythmic and harmonic power, the crazy freedom, the excessiveness it embodies. American music has codes that are far removed from our European music. It’s at once accessible and demanding, simple and complex.