‘Learn the score before you learn the gesture – technique in front of an orchestra means nothing without total command of the music itself.’
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
‘Learn the score before you learn the gesture – technique in front of an orchestra means nothing without total command of the music itself.’
‘Use every means to bring people to concerts. It is our job, as performers, to win them over.’
‘You have to find meaning in a series of dots and dashes, written on a page by someone, often hundreds of years ago’
‘Say yes to every opportunity. You never know where it might lead or what doors it could open’
Classical music is not elitist, have better funding for better access, and don’t go in for “gimmicks”. Let this great music speak for itself.