If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned how to do something right, what one feels is right to do in the moment, and the way the audience is listening.
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
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 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
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…
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
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…
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
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 …
It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well. - Michala Petri
It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.
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 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…
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
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 …
Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself. - Michala Petri
Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.
I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural. - Michala Petri
I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.
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