Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense.
Interpretation
Being a specialist is not necessary for artistic expression; versatility can enhance creativity.
Georg Solti's quote challenges the notion that a conductor must confine themselves to a single style or composer to be effective. He argues that the ability to interpret varying musical styles, such as Wagner and Mozart, can coexist within one artist, emphasizing the importance of versatility and the limitless nature of artistic expression.
In practice
A speaker at a music seminar discussing the importance of versatility among musicians.
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home.
Who knows if the moon's / a balloon, coming out of a keen city / in the sky - filled with pretty people?
I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,' which is what I wanted to be able to do.
A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called mad, and sometimes they're called fiction writers. I always feel lucky that I live in a culture where fiction writing is legal and not seen as pathology.
If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant.
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