Phong Tran discusses his deeply collaborative approach to composing for performers, and how writing with others in mind becomes a shared artistic identity. He opens up about a moment of learning with pianist Miki Sawada, and how it reshaped his views on virtuosity, labor, and care in the creative process.

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