Emanuel Ax

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

— Emanuel Ax

#concert #done #experience #job #our

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#almost #always #applaud #audience #response

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#happy #home #how #la #new

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#end #entire #even #family #had

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

#arguing #because #generally #getting #hard

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#beautifully #bit #breath #come #end

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

#close #experiencing #feel #hall #i

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#applaud #arcane #ok #rules #seem

A lot of it just has to do with luck, serendipity. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#lot #luck #serendipity

We should welcome applause whenever it comes. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#comes #should #welcome #whenever