I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss. — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it,… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
Everyone says you have to be a specialist, and if you conduct Wagner you cannot conduct Mozart - this is nonsense. — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
During the first six years of my life, Hungary was one of the most important components of the Habsburg dynasty's vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, but… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
After about six months, I told my mother that I wanted the lessons to stop, and she was intelligent enough not to force me… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
Between the two men, somewhere, a truth is lying, and that is what I try to find. — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there… — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician. — Georg Solti Copy Share Image
