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Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes
Page 2 of 2Michael Tilson Thomas
December 21, 1944 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician
|  I can't do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them. | | But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places. | | But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music. | | But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. |
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