Mona Mod

First prize winner in Ages 15-18 division
Winning composition: Lionel

How old were you when you started composing?
16

What do you love most about composing music?
I love musical adaptations where I bring literary characters to life.

Tell us a little about your winning IYWCC composition.
Behind the scenes of my musical compositions are images of heroes from literary works.

What was your process/approach to composing your piece for IYWCC?
Sometimes I feel like I've lived through everything together with my characters...

What is your advice to someone who is interested in composing a piece but does not know where to start?
Read, draw, listen to music! The phenomenon of art fusion is amazing!

Tell us a fun fact about yourself!
Leopold Auer and David Oistrakh strongly recommended playing instruments with different scales. I mastered the viola, but I was afraid of the cello. So I came up with a funny instrument - a fretless bass guitar! The unusual thing about my bass guitar is that it's tuned like a violin, in fifths, EADG instead of GDAE. I play Handel on it!!!