It's a wonderful thing to play with symphony orchestras - I've played with many - but it's really special in Israel because… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we… — James Levine Copy Share Image
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into… — Jean Sibelius Copy Share Image
The symphonic orchestras have sponsors, people who give them endowments, and I think it should be the same way with jazz -… — Lee Morgan Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between U.S and most European big cities is that in a place like London, for instance, there are five… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
Japanese orchestras are generally playing at quite a high level on the first day of rehearsal, but they don't improve very much… — Joe Hisaishi Copy Share Image
I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Musical 'fusion' projects have earned themselves a bad name, but that's mainly because they often involve pop artists conscripting orchestras to play… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were no women in orchestras. Auditioners thought they could tell the difference between a woman playing… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York.… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
Right from the 17th century, composers who have taken up music as their means of livelihood went through a hard time financially.… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Way back in the old days, say in Europe of the Middle Ages, you had an aristocracy, and they could afford to… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three families. I want to have… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel.… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to… — David Ogden Stiers Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies,… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
It makes me mad to hear these popular orchestras make a jammed-up comedy of a song like 'Wreck on the Highway.' It… — Hank Williams Copy Share Image
The music lovers of London and the country deserve to have something where orchestras can flourish. You have no idea how wonderful… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
The Boston Symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and has such a great tradition - which I want… — Andris Nelsons Copy Share Image
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time,… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the… — John Williams Copy Share Image
There is a mysterious way in which orchestras keep a sense of their history and what they've done. I still listen to… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted… — Mark Lawrenson Copy Share Image
Neil Amin-Smith and I met playing in classical orchestras when we were children. We are from the same area of London. We… — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon… — Skitch Henderson Copy Share Image
It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
