What I never overcame is a kind of shyness. Kurt Masur kindovercomeshyness Change image and share on social
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. Kurt Masur agedoctorfinger Change image and share on social
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. Kurt Masur buildconductorcooperate share on social
Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there. Kurt Masur changecomposerdiscover share on social
In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. Kurt Masur 8thamericabeethoven share on social
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster. Kurt Masur disasterfullorchestra Change image and share on social
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. Kurt Masur beethovenbrahmdebussy share on social
Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk about places where they played so beautiful and so clear in the beginning that there is nothing to say. Kurt Masur beautifulbeginclear share on social
And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one. Kurt Masur importantmeanmusic Change image and share on social
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. Kurt Masur ageconcertconductor Change image and share on social
