An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.
More Quotes from Kurt Masur:
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
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.
Kurt Masur
I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things.
Kurt Masur
You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.
Kurt Masur
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.
Kurt Masur
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