List of Kurt Masur Quotes

And At The Same Time, I Had My Very First Concert At The Age Of 16. I Hadn't Heard A Symphony Orchestra Before, And I Was So Deeply Impressed I Said I Have To Be A Conductor.

Even I Had No Opportunity To Conduct Very Many Concerts After World War Ii.

As I Came To New York, It Was For Me A New Beginning. To Discover What People Are Living Here. What Do They Need, What Do They Expect, What Would They Like To Be The Image And The Performance Of The New York Philharmonic?

If You Go To Japan For Instance, You Should Know That They Have A Different Way Of Playing Beethoven Or Brahms. But If You Play With Them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, They Have A Wonderful Light Feeling For That.

You Have To Change Your Mind With Every Orchestra Because Every Orchestra Has A Different Character.

Sometimes If You Have Very Confident People, You Have To Tell Them Please, Be Polite, There Are Other Players Are Good Enough As You And You Should Never Speak Out Of An Orchestra.

I Can Go In Front Of An Orchestra. I Can Go In Front Of An Audience. But If You See Me Walking Through An Audience In The Reception Or Through A Lot Of People, I'm Still Shy.

What I Never Overcame Is A Kind Of Shyness.

I Wouldn't Say I've Changed My Mind. I Changed Some Of My Natural Habits, Some Of My Natural Character.

And I Always Tried To Be Not A Star. To Be Someone Who People Like To Talk To.

You Know As I Started As A Shy Young Conductor, I Always Wanted To Cooperate. To Build Up The Musicians. To Help Them To Be Better Than Without A Conductor. And Sometimes Young Talented Musicians Have To Be Encouraged.

At The Age Of 16, Something Happened With My Finger And The Doctor Told Me, You Never Can Be A Organist Or Pianist, So Think About What You Do With Music.