Kurt Masur

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#full #orchestra #stars

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#enough #grow #more #more and more #strong

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#enough #good #never #orchestra #other

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#before #concert #conductor #deeply #first

And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#i #i always #like #people #someone

And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#i #i think #important #important point #like

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#age #doctor #finger #happened #me

Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#concerts #conduct #even #had #i

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#because #even #family #front #guy

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

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