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. — Kurt Masur Copy Share Image
I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character. — Kurt Masur Copy Share
And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
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… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. — Kurt Masur Copy Share
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more. — Kurt Masur Copy Share
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… — Kurt Masur Copy Share
