Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
“I think a challenge for all pianists is the sheer amount of repertoire you encounter, and the number of notes entailed in playing most of it.”
#MeetTheArtist interview with pianist Michael Dussek
If my audience is moved, entertained, challenged, provoked, consoled, informed, inspired – or any combination of the above – then I feel I have been successful in doing my job.
All music requires is an open mind and heart on the part of the listener, and that can’t be forced.
The minute I realised what a piano could do, I wanted to make music on it.
Sing/play to your audience with head, heart and soul and never with anger or contempt. Make it a goal to exude love through music and try to learn as much as you can about the art form, including its history, and make it your mission to find a uniquely individual way to express your own identity through the idiom.
