Author: Pierre Boulez

Quotes

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

All the people with whom I was very close at one point in my life - Stockhausen, Berio, Ligeti, Nono, Bernd Alois Zimmermann - they are all gone.

All the people with whom I was very close at one point in my life - Stockhausen, Berio, Ligeti, Nono, Bernd Alois Zimmermann - they are all gone.

- Pierre Boulez

People see me as a theoretician, but my music is also seductive, even spiritual.

People see me as a theoretician, but my music is also seductive, even spiritual.

- 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

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

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