Author: Emanuel Ax

Quotes

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

- Emanuel Ax

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

- Emanuel Ax

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.

- Emanuel Ax

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

- Emanuel Ax

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

- Emanuel Ax

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.

- Emanuel Ax

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