His vast oeuvre includes many different genres from works for solo instruments to operas. His career was unbroken; the changes in his compositional techniques were part of a continuous development.

'I need the audience, and I also need the people who play my work to enjoy playing it (...) I try to be open to new experiments, and what fits my style and musical principles I use.', this is his ars poetica.

His music always find a way to reach the performers and the public of his age.