[...] Referring to the younger generation, it is already well known that there are many good instrumentalists, with a preparation and a technical level with a higher average than in the past. But I think that there aren’t any big personalities. Compared to the past, there is more uniformity, and increasing similarity.
We are getting to the point where someone who is gifted with a particular charisma, feels uncomfortable because of this homogenization and tends to connotate his interpretations in an excess of “originality” or extravagance in the hope of distinguishing himself, but with the risk of becoming a caricature of himself. [...]