I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the music; they… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing at three… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural or the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
It is not very natural to make dynamic changes with the recorder. When you play a long note and want to make a diminuendo,… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of the instrument. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned how to… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin - without doing… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a piece of… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Each composer has their own language, and I try to meet the challenges, even if at first sight, they appear impossible. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
When you play the oboe, the flute or other wind instruments, there is something between you and the breath; there is the embouchure, the… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin. — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
