‘Keep on keeping on and be happy along the way. The journey isn’t always easy but it should bring you happiness.’
Sophie Pacini, pianist
‘Staying true to the essence of what moved me to make music in the first place’
Paul Berkowitz, pianist
‘Inspiration cannot be manufactured’
Andrey Gugnin, pianist
‘That rising flow which appears (not always, sadly), when it feels as though it’s not you performing the music but music itself being performed by you — this is a truly astonishing feeling’
Bute Wind Quintet
‘Forge your own individual path that’s based on what you love and makes you want to get out of bed in the morning’
Marios Papadopoulos, conductor & pianist
‘Use every means to bring people to concerts. It is our job, as performers, to win them over.’
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