Kurt Masur Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Kurt Masur quotes and sayings page 2 (musician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 25 we have.
“Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.”
“Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra.”
“I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things.”
“And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.”
“The message of music was also the first thing what I learned from my first teacher. She was an organist too and she was very devoted to what she played, so she had a respect for every piece and she felt that she is not allowed to add something of her own.”
“And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.”
“Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.”
“I was different from most young conductors today.”
“I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.”
“And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one.”
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