People see me as a theoretician, but my music is also seductive, even spiritual. Pierre Boulez musicpeopleseductive Change image and share on social
Webern was a kind of 'Kamchatka of music,' an unknown country of music. That's true; for me and people of my generation, he was a radical - you couldn't be more radical than he was. Pierre Boulez countrygenerationkamchatka Change image and share on social
Some members of the Vienna Philharmonic convinced me to try Bruckner, which I have never done before. And that was interesting to me to have this experience with this orchestra, which knows the repertoire very well, and to be confronted with this knowledge, and to learn from them. Pierre Boulez brucknerconfrontconvince share on social
I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine. Pierre Boulez admiremastermine Change image and share on social
'Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta' is a kind of expansion of chamber music. Pierre Boulez celestachamberexpansion Change image and share on social
All the people with whom I was very close at one point in my life - Stockhausen, Berio, Ligeti, Nono, Bernd Alois Zimmermann - they are all gone. Pierre Boulez aloisberiobernd Change image and share on social
The most difficult problem in conducting is intonation. You must know what is wrong and how to correct it. Pierre Boulez conductcorrectdifficult Change image and share on social
Conducting is more difficult than playing a single instrument. You have to know the culture, to know the score, and to project what you want to hear. Some conductors are well prepared but cannot transmit their ideas to an orchestra, and others are good communicators but have nothing to transmit because they are not absorbed enough in the score. Pierre Boulez absorbcommunicatorconduct share on social
I wanted contemporary music to be treated the same as the traditional repertoire - performed regularly by people who knew each other and the music. That is the way you convince an audience. Pierre Boulez audiencecontemporaryconvince Change image and share on social