Andrea Bocelli Quotes

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I do basically what a conductor does with a baton, except I also play along with the orchestra. So I have to juggle the roles of playing the concertmaster; sometimes I drop the violin and wave my arms.

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work.

The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

Through conducting, you express through your arms, through your face and even the body, what you want to tell, so the musicians of the orchestra understand.

He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable.

I approach everything as chamber music. Even with Beethoven symphonies, I lead from the violin and basically encourage the orchestra to think of it as a giant string quartet.

It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

I'm a composer like every maestro on this earth.

In contrast, traditional classical music starts from an abstract musical schema. This is then notated and only expressed in concrete sound as a last stage, when it is performed.

The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

I can sit on a chair with a score and give myself a wonderful performance.

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

I love doing concert music.

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound.

My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.