Song Quotes by Kurt Masur

9 Song quotes by Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur’s reflections on Song arrive in nine succinct notes, each echoing his conductor’s eye for phrasing. This brief set provides a focused glimpse into how he perceives musical narrative.

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An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.

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You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

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At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or…

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If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But…

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I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores…

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Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough…

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I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must…

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In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is…

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Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it.…

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You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to…

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You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

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And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with…

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Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to…

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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

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Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front…

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Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

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And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and…

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At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so…

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In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which…

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And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more.

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I was different from most young conductors today.

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Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.

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Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then…

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