I don't think too much about the past when I am actually playing, I prefer to concentrate on the present. The performance of a piece, no matter how l…

- David Finckel

We all know that there are many people that can play the instrument perfectly today, up and down with technical perfection, but does the sound connec…

- David Finckel

The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were so idi…

- David Finckel

I think one of the most wonderful things we can do as performers is to remind audiences that they can still relate to the emotions and feelings, as t…

- David Finckel

I would say that for the younger musicians, technical proficiency is necessary and a given these days. But the study and the way you function in soci…

- David Finckel

The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes for which it was composed - it is an enormous a…

- David Finckel

Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making a living, but as a belief, an al…

- David Finckel

Even if you are a pianist, your concerto repertoire is very limited compared to what your chamber repertoire would be if you were a chamber music pia…

- David Finckel

Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on a whole …

- David Finckel