My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
The very first concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert when I was 12 years old, at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and I remember right after seeing them perform I started a band, and I wanted to get up in front of people and start pe...
I was for a minor amount of time but I was probably a better pianist at 15 than I am now.
It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.
I love doing concert music.
Growing up, I was a little hippie kid. I went to some good concerts... Amnesty International with Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman... The best concert I ever went to was this one at the Cow Palace my freshman year in college on New Year's Eve. It was Pear...
I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel, smell, touch and think. Thinking of it means my sixth sense. Particles of Light are written note. O bolt of lightning can be an entire sonata. A thousand ...
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides.
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: I love to see a woman playing the cello.
I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.
Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
The organization and the environment are in concert.
I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.
I've only been to one concert in my life.
I would love to do more private concerts.
'Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals.
My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.
