While reading an Associated Press article published on February 14, 2018 interviewing Maestro Riccardo MUTI, the following two statements concerning Conductors arrested my attention:
Take-Aways
1) Quoting Maestro Arturo TOSCANINI:
“As (Arturo) TOSCANINI said, ‘every donkey can beat time, but to make music, it’s another thing…’”
Picture of TOSCANINI
2) Maestro MUTI’s personal opinion on the necessary component of a Conductor:
“With few exceptions, MUTI thinks young conductors fail to study a string instrument or piano sufficiently.”
Biography
https://www.riccardomuti.com/en/biografia/
A Closer Look…
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