You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make… — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort. — Leila Josefowicz Copy Share Image
