"When I tell Berliners to step forward,they step forward,when I tell Wieners to step forward,they step forward but then ask why?"
By Herbert von Karajan
, talking about his reason to preferred to conduct Berlin Phil rather than Vienna Phil.
“I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.”
By Artur Schnabel
, Austrian pianist.
“Can't you read? The score demands "con amore," and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!”
By Arturo Toscanini
, Italian conductor.
"If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong."
By Simon Rattle
, English conductor
"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti. "
By Alfred Brendel
, Austrian pianist
"People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts."
By Paul Hindemith, German composer and violinist
By Herbert von Karajan
, talking about his reason to preferred to conduct Berlin Phil rather than Vienna Phil.“I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.”
By Artur Schnabel
, Austrian pianist.“Can't you read? The score demands "con amore," and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!”
By Arturo Toscanini
, Italian conductor."If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then there's something wrong."
By Simon Rattle
, English conductor"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti. "
By Alfred Brendel
, Austrian pianist"People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts."
By Paul Hindemith, German composer and violinist
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