The World Motivation
I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.
“I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.”
I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.
Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.
Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises.
The simple act of sitting down and playing something enormously complex and spiritually uplifting on a harpsichord just bores kids to tears. There's no sizzle, there's no grab. But it's the great lesson of serious music, that it invites you to listen, rather than demands that you listen.
I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.
It's a wonderful thing to play with symphony orchestras - I've played with many - but it's really special in Israel because you have so many great musicians.
For an artist, there's nothing better than working with an orchestra.
There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.