Living the Classical Life
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Living the Classical Life is an award-winning series of one-of-a-kind conversations with musicians from around the world, hosted by pianist Zsolt Bognár. This is the forum where guests open up and really talk.
"The biggest part of the work is at home and alone." - Gianandrea Noseda
Living the Classical Life · 16K views · 6 years ago
“The fire you have to walk through will be one of the greatest strengths you have.” - Joyce DiDonato
Living the Classical Life · 121K views · 8 years ago
"Let’s not forget: life is more important than a concert." - Anne-Sophie Mutter
Living the Classical Life · 151K views · 6 years ago
“It’s dangerous if you become famous overnight.” - Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Living the Classical Life · 31K views · 7 years ago
“I didn’t allow Lang Lang or Yuja Wang to compete.” - Gary Graffman
Living the Classical Life · 439K views · 8 years ago
“Entering a competition is like going to a 7-11 and buying a lottery ticket.” - Emanuel Ax
Living the Classical Life · 81K views · 8 years ago
“If you go for fame, you have a problem.” - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Living the Classical Life · 170K views · 7 years ago
“Play in such a way as to make everybody around you better.” - Roger Nierenberg
Living the Classical Life · 4.6K views · 8 years ago
“I was by no means a prodigy.” - Steven Isserlis
Living the Classical Life · 91K views · 10 years ago
“You have to have inner confidence, and a team that is listening to you... " - Brian Zeger
Living the Classical Life · 5.7K views · 7 years ago
Daniil Trifonov - Living the Classical Life: Episode 10
Living the Classical Life · 291K views · 12 years ago
Yuja Wang - Living the Classical Life: Episode 14
Living the Classical Life · 574K views · 12 years ago
"You start something, and it gets a life of its own." - Jörg Widmann
Living the Classical Life · 9.8K views · 5 years ago
“My mother said ‘I never wanted you to become a pianist.’" - Jerome Lowenthal
Living the Classical Life · 19K views · 10 years ago
"To me a performance is not an exhibition-- it's an offering.” - Marc-André Hamelin
Living the Classical Life · 106K views · 5 years ago
"It's impossible to be loved by everybody." - Alisa Weilerstein
Living the Classical Life · 22K views · 8 years ago
“For me, life is beginning at ninety.” - Seymour Bernstein
Living the Classical Life · 143K views · 8 years ago