Begun Quote by Charles Hazlewood

Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.

— Charles Hazlewood

I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra…

— Charles Hazlewood

All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of…

— Charles Hazlewood

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…

— Charles Hazlewood

I want to prove that Holst's 'The Planets' can be as much of a sensory overload as a concert by the Grateful Dead, and…

— Charles Hazlewood

Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the…

— Charles Hazlewood

I hate playing the piano! And it's so hard to fight for Beethoven's soul! But that's what I have to do!

— Charles Hazlewood

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.

— Charles Hazlewood

When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.

— Charles Hazlewood

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with…

— Charles Hazlewood

The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that…

— Charles Hazlewood