‘Sometimes you need to step away from the instrument, experience other things and allow yourself to breathe and disconnect.’
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
‘Sometimes you need to step away from the instrument, experience other things and allow yourself to breathe and disconnect.’
‘The human creativity of a real composer will never be replaced by “intelligent” machines’
‘Take the music seriously. A pianist’s first responsibility is not to himself, but to the composer.’
‘Learn the score before you learn the gesture – technique in front of an orchestra means nothing without total command of the music itself.’
‘Each work has memories of people and places attached to it, and therefore is special to me in its own way.’