Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlischwas an American composer and conductor. Hamlisch was one of only twelve people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT". He is one of only two people to have won those four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth2 June 1944
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
play people evening
My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.
mean writing careers
My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.
thrill broadway remember
Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
song people able
The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.
cds years playing-music
Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.
running song titles
Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.
helpful tendencies hard
If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.
teacher piano age
I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons
believe people reviews
I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.
communication differences people
Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can.
nice math thinking
I don't think they understand it's as important as math and science. It rounds you out as a person. I think it gives you a love of certain things. You don't have to become the next great composer. It's just nice to have heard certain things or to have seen certain things. It's part of being a human being.
lanes highways
I have always thought of music as a highway with many lanes.
stills great-faith
I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.
accepted age age-and-aging division music school six
I auditioned and was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division at the age of six and a half.