Changing your mind Quote by Kurt Masur

Every orchestra has its own sound.

— Simon Rattle

Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.

— Elliott Carter

Normally when you write for an orchestra, you think about melody and harmony and countermelody.

— Ludwig Goransson

Every orchestra is different. Sometimes, you're blown away by a particular musician. If I'm playing the Brahms concerto, it's crucial to have a great…

— Joshua Bell

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

— Simon Rattle

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

— James Levine

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

I never thought that I would write orchestra music, but in fact I did write a group of orchestra pieces.

— Paul Lansky

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

— Leonard Bernstein

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

— David Ogden Stiers

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz,…

— Goran Ivanisevic