Leila Josefowicz quotes
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“I think humor is important for all of us, and a great comedian is a great treasure.”
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“When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.”
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“People, of all ages, are far more open than you might think to being moved in new ways.”
-- Leila JosefowiczSource : "Leila Josefowicz: The thrill of the new". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2010.
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“My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.”
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“It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.”
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“If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.”
-- Leila JosefowiczSource : "Leila Josefowicz: The thrill of the new". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2010.
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“Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.”
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“I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.”
-- Leila JosefowiczSource : "Leila Josefowicz: The thrill of the new". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2010.
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“I suppose that's why new music and I go well together, because new music often requires maintaining great rhythm.”
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“You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older.”
-- Leila Josefowicz
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