Concerto Quotes
31 quotes by 28 authors
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Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair…
— Rick Riordan
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Here look at me. I'm Charlie, the son you wrote off the books? Not that I blame you for it, but here I am, all…
— Daniel Keyes
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This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever…
— John Hawkins
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At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.
— Andre Boucourechliev
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The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of…
— Mstislav Rostropovich
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Many people believe that composing 'Concerto for Orchestra' kept Bartok alive through his final years of a battle with leukemia.
— John Larry Granger
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I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me…
— Linda Lavin
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You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in…
— Itzhak Perlman
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Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'
— Alfred Schnittke
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Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.
— Isaac Stern
Who Wrote These Concerto Quotes
28 authors contributed a total of 31 Concerto Quotes, led by these top contributors: