My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three and had my first music teache…

- Michala Petri

It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.

- Michala Petri

In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin - without doing it too …

- Michala Petri

I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.

- Michala Petri

I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural or the easiest. I enjoy the…

- Michala Petri

When you play the oboe, the flute or other wind instruments, there is something between you and the breath; there is the embouchure, the reed, etc. B…

- Michala Petri

When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew everybody. Now, we are …

- Michala Petri

In concert, I often try to feel the audience and feel their way of hearing. If I feel that there is no contact between the audience and the music, I …

- Michala Petri

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

- Michala Petri