Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Axis a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is an internationally acclaimed performer, and a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School...
NationalityUkrainian
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth8 June 1949
CityLviv, Ukraine
CountryUkraine
allowed composers expressing listeners respond trust
Most composers trust their listeners to respond at the right time, and if we feel like expressing approval, we should be allowed to, anytime!
disney hall inside silver truly
Disney Hall is truly astonishingly beautiful. There is something about those silver petals that just makes you want to be inside them.
emotional social should
Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.
successful waiting pieces
Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.
eye ears
I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.
welcome applause should
We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
arcane seems
We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.
halloween scary different
Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.
reactions force audience
The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.
player too-much enough-time
Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.
play sound steinway
When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.
jobs thinking done
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
play close-friends
I usually only play with very close friends.
los-angeles has-beens
I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.