Halls Quote by Esa-Pekka Salonen

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

— Andris Nelsons

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

— Zubin Mehta

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

— David Ogden Stiers

There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.

— Leonard Slatkin

Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.

— Skitch Henderson

The Violin of my dreams. If you wanna play a pianissimo that is almost inaudible and yet it carries through a hall that seats…

— Itzhak Perlman

So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you…

— Ruggiero Ricci

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

— Zubin Mehta

It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be encased in dough, so that first you have to…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.

— Tod Machover