Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. Emanuel Ax applaudconcertend Change image and share on social
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job. Emanuel Ax audienceconcertexperience Change image and share on social
Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary. Emanuel Ax excitscary Change image and share on social
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. Emanuel Ax applausedutyemotional Change image and share on social
Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end. Emanuel Ax applausebeautifullybite Change image and share on social
The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together. Emanuel Ax closeexperiencefeel Change image and share on social
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players. Emanuel Ax arguegenerallyhard Change image and share on social
We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud. Emanuel Ax applaudarcanerule Change image and share on social
I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit. Emanuel Ax admitallowapplause share on social
It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home. Emanuel Ax friendhappyhome Change image and share on social
