Acquaintance Quote by James Weldon Johnson

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

— Cecilia Bartoli

I began as a violinist, not a composer. Thus my contact with orchestral musicians, with the source of music, is very important.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest…

— Paul Robeson

The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.

— Agnes Obel

I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my…

— Laura Mvula

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

— Skitch Henderson

Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a…

— Feist

I was able to go over [Saxophone Competition] and work a little more in Europe. I'm thankful that those of kinds of things. Simultaneously,…

— Jon Gordon

I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting…

— Gunther Schuller

I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things.

— Ry Cooder

I've performed in concert halls thousands and thousands of times in my life.

— Chris Thile

My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music…

— Sara Zarr