Charles Hazlewood

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• [As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which we… All
• For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal. Been
• I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do! Beethoven
• Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance as the food… Air
• Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story. Every Phrase
• Our pop scene is among the best in the world because there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London, compared with 200 in… Among
• When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme. Analyse
• I spend so much of my time working away, but I love being here. My family is in Somerset, and this is where my heart… Family
• All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music… All
• People like Aphex Twin, Jason Pierce, Jarvis Cocker and William Orbit are actively showing their interest in a wider field of music. Jarvis and I… Actively
• Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with what… Cage
• Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to. Aunt
• Music is about communication, and the chemistry between an audience and the orchestra is absolutely essential; the performance does not exist in a bubble. Absolutely
• The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that a… Amazing
• There is a terrible conservatism, like a cancer, right in the heartlands of music-making, a tremendous resistance to change, an absolute horror of the idea… Absolute
• Most people in the Western world grow up with the received wisdom that Mozart was a genius. But few people necessarily know why. More than… Absolute
• Somerset desperately needs more high-end music making on its doorstep, so the chance to share great music spanning genres as diverse as orchestral classics, trip… Cathartic

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