We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment. — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
It's so interesting, you know, whenever you read the accounts of composers playing their own music, that they had very different priorities than performers. None of them seemed too concerned about the plastic realization of their music. — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment. — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
Music does not live until it's interpreted - with all of its flaws, mannerisms, etc. It needs to be incarnated to be something. — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
When we work on a piece of music, we'll often read the biographies of the composer and learn about what was going on historically… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
The piece of music is nothing without the act of interpretation. That is the only way it can live, and it's a totally abstract… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
My belief is that the music is always stronger than the performer: there is always something new, something we learn, whether at a performance… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
It's so interesting, you know, whenever you read the accounts of composers playing their own music, that they had very different priorities than performers.… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
There's always the syndrome of the parent-child relationship: when someone has known you since you were very young, it doesn't matter how much more… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
