In 1964 he went to Paris in order to study with Olivier Messiaen, and with an ambition to meet Jean Barraqué.

His few pupils included the British composers Paul Keenan and Patrick Ozzard-Low.

It has been performed by Irvine Arditti, David Atherton, Alexander Balanescu, Richard Bernas, Nicolas Hodges, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Jane Manning, Holly Mathieson, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Christopher Rowland, Sarah Maria Sun, Ilan Volkov and Alison Wells, as well as ensemble recherche, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Music Projects/London, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the WDR Symphony Orchestra.

[3] His complete piano works have been recorded by Nicolas Hodges, (col legno, 2000).

En Attendant, Two Pomes, Pendant and Sensation have been recorded by Music Projects/London and Richard Bernas, (NMC, 1992).