Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity. — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
There are times I'm completely uncomfortable with my works being performed publicly, and I haven't attended certain concerts because the prospect is akin to having a diary read on stage. But there are also situations - whether with an audience… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it for/at the… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their time, then… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to work with Corigliano for a few years in the mid nineties. Meeting and working with him during those formative years… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded in accomplishing… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The visual and literary arts are of perennial interest to me, and these art forms have become more and more a part of my… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
Many critics have become de facto teachers. That is a lot of responsibility, and I think it should be wielded with care. Most people… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I don't think performance out of duty yields very much. Coercion is never the way to go. — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for certain types… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I don't think the role of the critic has changed very much. In the most positive sense, the music critic is one who helps… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
