Remedy Quotes by Michala Petri

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

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

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

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

— Michala Petri

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

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

I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.

— Michala Petri

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

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

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

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

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