Analytical Quote by Andre Previn

I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience.

— Mark Morris

“To play in an orchestra, we need not master every instrument. We must simply learn to play our own. But first, we must learn…

— Vironika Tugaleva

it's important as a composer to sit in silence and imagine these complex musical worlds in your head, but it's also a wonderful experience…

— Tod Machover

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as…

— Tony Williams

I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.

— Henry Mancini

I suppose I was affected by raw sounds and timbres more than a lot of other composers. Had I been involved with orchestral composing,…

— Wendy Carlos

Conservatory training is so much. There's so much emphasis on playing perfectly in tune and being perfect and doing everything as it's written.

— Lucia Micarelli

My education as a film composer, you can't not - if you like the orchestra like I do, if you are a symphonist like…

— Alexandre Desplat

I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy…

— Marco Beltrami

I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool…

— Dick Dale

Composers don't just sit in a room and write things that are in their heads, they actually listen to a lot of music, pop…

— Hilary Hahn

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen