Michala Petri

I think that today, in Europe at least, people don't tend to think so much about the instrument that is producing the…

— Michala Petri

My father is a violinist and my mother is a pianist, so I've been hearing music all my life. I started playing…

— Michala Petri

I have always personally preferred to think of what is more difficult for my instrument, and not what is the most natural…

— Michala Petri

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

— Michala Petri

When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and…

— Michala Petri

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that…

— Michala Petri

I've always been very inspired by people who can make their instrument sound very natural.

— Michala Petri

It is not very natural to make dynamic changes with the recorder. When you play a long note and want to make…

— Michala Petri

You need to express things stronger today, more so than in the Baroque time, and you need to expand the expressiveness of…

— Michala Petri

If you ask me about music and how things should be played, I believe that music-making is the combination of having learned…

— Michala Petri

In contemporary music, the challenge for me is to make the recorder sound as naturally expressive as, for example, the violin -…

— Michala Petri

To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a…

— Michala Petri

Each composer has their own language, and I try to meet the challenges, even if at first sight, they appear impossible.

— Michala Petri

When you play the oboe, the flute or other wind instruments, there is something between you and the breath; there is the…

— Michala Petri

Of course, the recorder will never have the repertoire of the piano or the violin.

— Michala Petri

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself.

— Michala Petri

Looking for inspiration in expression, I have actually always looked to singers and violinists. I have never really looked only at the…

— Michala Petri

In concert, I often try to feel the audience and feel their way of hearing. If I feel that there is no…

— Michala Petri

It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.

— Michala Petri

It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot…

— Michala Petri