‘Music has the power to transcend boundaries. We can feel it when that happens in concerts, and that feels like success.’
Author: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson is a pianist, writer, music and arts reviewer, music PR, and blogger on classical music and pianism under the pen name 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'
Renell Shaw, composer
‘We need to make the concert hall feel less like a place of permission and more like a place where human experience can happen.’
Mokale Koapeng, composer
‘Obliterate elitism and be inclusive of diverse musical styles in our compositions’
Adrian Brendel, cellist
‘We need music more than ever to balance our lives healthily and inspire us to slow down sufficiently to really listen and be.’
Bruce Broughton, composer
‘Composers, like all musicians, must practice. They have to learn their craft in order to be fluent. It’s done by practicing over and over and over’
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