"Conductors are performers." — Michael Tilson Thomas

Conductors are performers. - Michael Tilson Thomas

"Conductors are performers."

— Michael Tilson Thomas

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31 Quotes by Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to…
The big difference between human happiness and sadness? Thirty-seven freakin' vibrations.
What happens when the music stops? Where does it go?
Classical music is an unbroken, living tradition that goes back over 1,000 years, and every one of those years has…
Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right…
You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!
The world changes when there's music in it.
But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one…
When I first was conducting as guest conductor in Europe 25 years ago, I would propose doing American pieces and…
I think music needs to be presented in a way so that kids can grasp songs, dances, simple music that's…
But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement…
But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be…

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Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. — Leonard Bernstein
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right,… — Steven Adler
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There… — Carter Burwell
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. — James Levine
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance. — Ansel Adams
The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the… — Blaine Lee Pardoe
Today we can establish Sharia law because our nation will acquire well-being only with Islam and Sharia. The Muslim Brothers… — Mohammed Morsi
You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much. — John Barbirolli
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct… — Eberhard Weber
Composers are not all good conductors. — Anton Seidl
This year - a factory of semiconductors. Next year - a factory of whole conductors! — Todor Zhivkov

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