Piano Quotes by Michael Hersch

Michael Hersch

A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I’ve gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are not very pianistic – to consider the sounds I’m after first, and to deal with technical considerations later.

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Way

Michael Hersch

As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt’s Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing non-piano music at the piano.

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Symphony

Young

Michael Hersch

I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it for/at the piano, but having the listener forget that he or she is listening to a piano.

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Piano

Writing

Michael Hersch

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at the piano.

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Piano Quotes by Michael Hersch

A lot of my approach to the instrument, especially as I’ve gotten older, is to treat the piano in ways that are not very pianistic – to consider the sounds I’m after first, and to deal with technical considerations later.

As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt’s Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing non-piano music at the piano.

I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it for/at the piano, but having the listener forget that he or she is listening to a piano.

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at the piano.

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