Music Performance Quotes

“أنا كنتُ ماهرًا في العزف على البوق. ما فائدة عزف البوق حين تندلع الحرب ، وتحدّق بك من كل جانب حتى تخنقك؟!”
― Alessandro Baricco, Novecento. Un monologo

“This process of merging with another individual in a duo or a larger group of musicians, or with an audience, is the essence of communication. There has to be a willingness to participate that comes from trusting or letting go to the energy and spirit of the music, whether you're a performer or a member of the audience. This communication is made possible by the silent rhythm that connects everyone. This is what allows for spontaneous magic to lift people into a state of perfect synchrony where everyone can perform and experience the music as one.”
― Barry Green, The Inner Game of Music

“Chloe, music is very powerful. It's a gift we share with others. When we do, listeners understand. The music speaks through us to them.”
― Christine Isley-Farmer, Finding My Yip

“...the performer has two tasks: one is to do what's written in the score--incredibly important; and the other, even more important, is to find everything's that not.”
― Jeremy Denk, Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

“...musical interpreters should put themselves at the service of the composer, instead of perverting their music as an opportunity for image cultivation. I am not ready to give up my belief that human beings have an inborn longing for real profundity. I am firmly convinced that the deep emotion that music can evoke in us is not to be found on its surface. That which is truly great develops out of intimacy and humility towards the work of art.”
― Franz Welser-Möst, From Silence: Finding Calm in a Dissonant World

“The music I write doesn't come from me, but through me, from a place I'm still trying to understand.”
― Mihaita Zama