Gershwin's American in Paris is a great piece, a fantastic piece

Gershwin's American in Paris is a great piece, a fantastic piece!

Ok, how about this for contemporary music... We read in the news papers all of this news that the contemporary music scene in Holland is about to disappear... My Amstel Quartet has about 5 premiers this coming December and at least five more for next season. That says something at the least. But I want to ask all composers to start writing more for chammber music ensembles and less for for example opera... The Amstel Quartet will play good new pieces and take them on the road. In the end we will have more audiece for good modern pieces than one opera I think.... It's worth more the effort to invest in good pieces for smaller ensembles like ours...