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> [You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/you-know-as-i-started-as-a-shy-young-conductor-i-always-wanted-to/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

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## More by Kurt Masur

> [I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/i-believe-so-but-at-first-he-must-know-he-must-know-in-which-spirit/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/you-know-as-i-started-as-a-shy-young-conductor-i-always-wanted-to/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/you-have-to-change-your-mind-with-every-orchestra-because-every/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/and-to-understand-this-i-think-this-is-a-most-important-point-where-i/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/since-the-composer-has-said-everything-if-you-discover-everything-it/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/i-always-imagined-that-to-bring-an-orchestra-to-play-together-is-not/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/even-my-family-laughed-at-me-because-they-thought-this-young-guy-who/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/young-conductors-who-are-confident-enough-they-very-often-have-success/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/and-at-the-same-time-i-had-my-very-first-concert-at-the-age-of-16-i/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/at-the-age-of-16-something-happened-with-my-finger-and-the-doctor/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/in-south-america-i-heard-the-8th-symphony-of-beethoven-and-the-young/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/and-if-you-are-strong-enough-then-you-can-grow-as-a-conductor-more/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [I was different from most young conductors today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/i-was-different-from-most-young-conductors-today/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

> [Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/even-i-had-no-opportunity-to-conduct-very-many-concerts-after-world/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-masur/very-often-if-i-know-the-orchestra-doesn-t-know-a-piece-or-it-s-a-new/)

[Kurt Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-masur/)

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