When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew everybody. Now, we are very much like the rest of the world, especially with the arrival… — 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
