Funnily, my deep conviction is that no idea or concept of true artistic importance can be imparted or transferred. The real things are those that you grow yourself in your own garden, without anyone overseeing. In that sense art is the land of absolute sole responsibility. There is nothing that cannot be challenged, but in fact there is nothing that has to be challenged at all – quite simply, there really is nothing that is impossible, unless you’ve decided so.
— Pavel Kolesnikov, pianist
Cited at: Frances Wilson, “Meet the Artist – Pavel Kolesnikov, pianist”, The Crossed -Eyed Pianist, 12 September 2019, https://crosseyedpianist.com/2019/09/12/meet-the-artist-pavel-kolesnikov-pianist/, accessed 1 November 2020.
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Spontaneity and art
Alexander Gow, musician in the band Oh Mercy on spontaneity of artistic creation: [Spontaneity is] when art is expression, and that’s what I’m interested in. If, like you said, there’s a spontaneity to it and it’s an extension of a certain kind of moment or feeling, and if you’re clever enough to express that through […]
A practice regimeAfter a year’s sabbatical in 1953, the pianist Horowitz found a routine and rebuilt his technique: I realized I had to work out new daily schedules for myself – so much time for study, for rest, for reflection, for exercise … Soon my days had a new rhythm, a new serenity. Every day I start […]
Dee-da-dee-da-dee-da-splat“I also like to play the famous tunes because there’s nothing like inspiring a whole bunch of kids who are struggling to play these pieces on flute. And then they see me ripping through them. They all want to play Flight of the Bumblebee when they’re 11 years Old. And it goes something like “dee-da-dee-da-dee-da-splat!” […]
PatienceAn ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains — Dutch proverb Henry Bonn. A polyglot of foreign proverbs. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1857, p.315.
Julius Asal on the exploring darker emotionsWhen I was younger I read a lot of Kafka and Büchner: I’ve always been drawn to the darker side of things, and I think that part of the beauty of what we do as artists is to dare other people to explore it too. I wish the listener to invest something. Showing up to […]
The Castle BuilderTitle: The Castle Builder Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: SATB and piano Product medium: PDF score and part Sample:
PianoAbstract art“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” Paul Klee, Swiss painter Cited at QuotationsBook
The Vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel – Psalm 79 (80)Title:The Vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel Text: Psalm 79 (80): 9, 12-16, 19-20. R. v. 5:7 Composer: Greg Smith Instrumentation: SATB and piano Product medium: PDF score and part Sample:
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