Leonard Slatkin Quotes

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Leonard Slatkin

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : September 1, 1944

I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either.

Leonard Slatkin

There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.

Leonard Slatkin

I'm beginning to see that just knowing the piece is not enough. Having a clear technique is not enough. Having a broad repertory is not enough. I want desperately to get past all those things.

Leonard Slatkin

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.

Leonard Slatkin

In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.

Leonard Slatkin