Editing Jon Appleton (section)

===1990s===
The decade of the 1990s saw Appleton spending increasing amount of time abroad: teaching at [[Keio University]] (Mita) in [[Tokyo, Japan]], for three years and frequently visiting [[Moscow, Russia]], where he was inspired by the enthusiasm of young composers. He encouraged the composer/engineer Andre Smirnov to establish the [[Theremin Center]] at the [[Moscow Conservatory of Music]]. Appleton was first introduced to Russian musicians and artists by the choral conductor/ethnologist [[Dmitri Pokrovsky]] (1944–1996) and this began his compositional return to instrumental and choral music, much of it composed for the pianist [[Julia Turkina]] and cellist [[Alexander Zagorinsky]]. In an essay entitled "How I Became a Russian Composer" (2009) Appleton explains his love of Russian music and culture that he believes his stepfather, Alexander Walden, instilled in him.{{Sfn|Appleton, |2009|p=}}

Also in this decade Appleton composed two full-length [[operas]] for a choir of 1500 children and professional orchestra. The works, ''HOPI: La naissance de Desert'' and ''Le Dernier Voyage de Jean-Gallup de la Perouse'', were conducted by [[Alain Joutard]] and commissioned by the Delegation Departmental à la Musique et à la Danse of the Conseil General des Alpes-Maritimes in [[Nice, France]].