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In 2009, Klaus Huber, a prominent Swiss composer and a key figure in the evolution of New Music since 1945, was honored with the Salzburg Music Prize and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, recognizing his extensive and diverse body of work. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he was a highly sought-after composition teacher, and in the last two decades, he has created an extraordinary series of late works distinguished by a novel intervallic language, focusing on third-tones and Arab modes, alongside a poly-cultural approach that broadens humanist experience. As he celebrated his 85th birthday, his musical insights were compiled into a book that aims to comprehensively present his entire compositional output in both programmatic and technical terms, while also exploring its intellectual, aesthetic, and ethical underpinnings. This work is not an autobiography but a dialogue with former student Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, who poses critical questions that Huber answers in detail. Featuring over 100 musical examples and sketches that illuminate Huber's compositional process, the book covers works from the 1950s to the present, with dedicated chapters on seven central pieces and a complete list of works included.