I generally like what I see getting developed these days -- A lot of exciting stuff. In other words, there's a lot of good music being produced for the most skilled players, incorporating all kinds of influences and drawing on cultures around the world.

This is wonderful, and yet, I'd love to see more attention for music for youth and/or young musicians, not just the elite high-level players. In classical music, young musicians tend to mostly play rather standard rep when they should be exposed to ALL of the riches out there. At my Academy (www.glfcam.com), we've started some initiatives where my talented mentees, who come from a lot of different demographics and draw on a myriad of different aesthetics, are composing music for pre-college kids to address this. I think valuing our kids would go a long way to bringing classical music firmly into the 21st century.