‘Staying true to the essence of what moved me to make music in the first place’
Tag: Oxford Piano Festival 2025
Nikolai Lugansky, pianist
‘There’s no substitute for practice, but what truly nourishes my inspiration is simply listening to music.’
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’
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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