Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. — Keith Emerson Copy Share Image
When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do. — Placido Domingo Copy Share Image
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me. — David Ogden Stiers Copy Share Image
Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality. — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
I've watched the demise of the Hollywood orchestra, the house orchestras of the big studios. — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the… — John Williams Copy Share Image
The Boston Symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and has such a great tradition - which I want… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time,… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Neil Amin-Smith and I met playing in classical orchestras when we were children. We are from the same area of London. We… — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
There is a mysterious way in which orchestras keep a sense of their history and what they've done. I still listen to… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Way back in the old days, say in Europe of the Middle Ages, you had an aristocracy, and they could afford to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were no women in orchestras. Auditioners thought they could tell the difference between a woman playing… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially.… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York.… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I studied music all the way through college, but as soon as I graduated from university, I got straight into London and… — Steven Price Copy Share Image
And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Copy Share Image
Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor. — Goddard Lieberson Copy Share Image
I played in orchestras all through high school and taught myself how to play guitar. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici Copy Share Image
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full. — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
Orchestras are like people. They're the sonic embodiment of their community. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted… — Mark Lawrenson Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between U.S and most European big cities is that in a place like London, for instance, there are five… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Japanese orchestras are generally playing at quite a high level on the first day of rehearsal, but they don't improve very much… — Joe Hisaishi Copy Share Image
I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
