(8 quotes found)
“The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.”
Yehudi Menuhin
“A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.”
Josephine Baker
“The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency-half tiger, half poet.”
“[Her husband, violinist Sanford Allen, rehearses Bach on his Stradivarius next door, for a recital upstate, where they have a country house. They married in 1969, after meeting when she was a guide at the Lincoln Center, and he the first African-American to join the New York Philharmonic.] He asked me to lunch, then sent a huge bunch of roses to me in London, ... I was only supporting actress. Others thought the lead, Felicity Kendal, should have won.”
Ismail Merchant
“My violinist this year, Marcy Clement, has been with me since she was 18 and now brings her husband and three children along.”
Gayla Curtis
“The true chords are sheltered in the soul of the violinist, of the artist – the world is a resonance box. The Hope, Eternity, the world.”
Mariana Fulger
“She plays with more integrity than any young violinist I have ever heard.”
“Giuliano is a fantastic violinist, and we looked for a program that would showcase him and his skills. He loves to stand up and perform to an audience, and it is hard to suppress him sometimes. He would be happy to play concertos all night, but I'm not sure that audiences could handle that.”
Christopher Lawrence
