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title: "2 Chamber music Quotes By David Finckel"
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> [I think you can tell a lot from the lives of many of today's great soloists. Their participation and gravitation towards chamber music is ever increasing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/i-think-you-can-tell-a-lot-from-the-lives-of-many-of-today-s-great/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

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> [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 pianist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/even-if-you-are-a-pianist-your-concerto-repertoire-is-very-limited/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/we-all-know-that-there-are-many-people-that-can-play-the-instrument/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/beginning-in-the-nineteenth-century-with-performers-like-franz-liszt/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [I think you can tell a lot from the lives of many of today's great soloists. Their participation and gravitation towards chamber music is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/i-think-you-can-tell-a-lot-from-the-lives-of-many-of-today-s-great/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [The pieces that have survived, the ones that we all love, were not all popular in their time. Just look at Beethoven's late string…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/the-pieces-that-have-survived-the-ones-that-we-all-love-were-not-all/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [When I finally got together with Rostropovich as a student, he was very focused, almost entirely focused on the music itself, on what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/when-i-finally-got-together-with-rostropovich-as-a-student-he-was/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos - and believe me, I love playing them - I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/if-i-were-to-run-around-the-world-playing-just-the-cello-concertos/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/being-an-artist-and-a-musician-i-have-witnessed-the-previous/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [A lot of my musical education was done simply by listening. If you really want to excel on your instrument, it's almost impossible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/a-lot-of-my-musical-education-was-done-simply-by-listening-if-you/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/i-don-t-think-too-much-about-the-past-when-i-am-actually-playing-i/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/i-would-say-that-for-the-younger-musicians-technical-proficiency-is/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/even-if-you-are-a-pianist-your-concerto-repertoire-is-very-limited/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [For Rostropovich, every single note that he played had a special kind of human meaning behind it. And this was something that he expressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/for-rostropovich-every-single-note-that-he-played-had-a-special-kind/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

> [Our interpretations through the years and generations have always changed, but the emotions, ideas, and the thoughts of the composers are still with us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/our-interpretations-through-the-years-and-generations-have-always/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 idiosyncratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/the-zenith-of-virtuosity-a-violinist-like-jascha-heifetz-the/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-finckel/the-realm-of-classical-music-is-so-vast-not-only-in-terms-of-style/)

[David Finckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-finckel/)

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