I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
Part of what makes music so interesting is the lack of consensus on just about any given topic. — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I've gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I think the tendency to paint composers or styles of music with too broad a brush - for example, identifying composers as… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The work of Liszt I most admire is the music he wrote toward the end of his life. This is often music… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it for/at the… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their time, then… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to work with Corigliano for a few years in the mid nineties. Meeting and working with him during those formative years… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded in accomplishing… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The visual and literary arts are of perennial interest to me, and these art forms have become more and more a part of my… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
Many critics have become de facto teachers. That is a lot of responsibility, and I think it should be wielded with care. Most people… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I don't think performance out of duty yields very much. Coercion is never the way to go. — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for certain types… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I don't think the role of the critic has changed very much. In the most positive sense, the music critic is one who helps… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
As I see it, the major requirements for a strong and able rendering are an understanding of a work's structure, voicing, and trajectory; an… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
The musical culture in the United States has no doubt suffered severe setbacks, especially in funding, since the early 2000's. However, I've been amazed… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
George Rochberg once said that 'to be a composer, you need to have fire in the belly, fire in the brain, but most importantly,… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
