Concerts Quotes
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Hamburg is getting a new symbol with its new Elbe Philharmonic concert hall. Such an architecturally impressive building is built somewhere in the world maybe once every five years, if you're lucky.
Charles Landry
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I insist on a Steinway for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.
Michel Legrand
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I don't want to slow down. It's my life. I love being on the road and giving concerts.
Engelbert Humperdinck
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I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.
Carlos Alomar
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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
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We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall.
But classical is not - the reference is wrong, because classical on one hand refers to one period in musical history, which is Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, which is a fine period in musical history, but it was a while ago.On the other hand, it sort of alludes to some kind of "class," which A, is not true; B, is kind of detrimental to the whole idea. Because the point is that this music is available and it's actually relatively reasonably priced.
Esa-Pekka Salonen