If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that.
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. - Kurt Masur
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
- Kurt Masur
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster. - Kurt Masur
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.
Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk … - Kurt Masur
Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk …
Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, … - Kurt Masur
Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, …
If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers. - Kurt Masur
If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't… - Kurt Masur
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't…
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success. - Kurt Masur
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.
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 Bee… - Kurt Masur
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 Bee…
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character. - Kurt Masur
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
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