Top 19 Quotes by Pierre Boulez

About Pierre Boulez

These are some quotes by French author Pierre Boulez Composer, who lived between March 26, 1925 and January 5, 2016.

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.

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

'Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta' is a kind of expansion of chamber music.

'Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta' is a kind of expansion of chamber music.

Pierre Boulez

My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.

My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.

Pierre Boulez

The most difficult problem in conducting is intonation. You must know what is wrong and how to correct it.

The most difficult problem in conducting is intonation. You must know what is wrong and how to correct it.

Pierre Boulez

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.

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

I always think the relationship between a teacher and a student should be short and maybe violent. You don't need to spend years together. All you need is an explosion: you are the material to explode; the teacher is the detonator.

Pierre Boulez

I almost chose the career of an ethnomusicologist because I was so fascinated by that music. It gives a different feeling of time.

I almost chose the career of an ethnomusicologist because I was so fascinated by that music. It gives a different feeling of time.

Pierre Boulez

I said if I ever conducted, I would always give myself the best chance to succeed - though sometimes, despite everything, you still fail.

I said if I ever conducted, I would always give myself the best chance to succeed - though sometimes, despite everything, you still fail.

Pierre Boulez

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

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