Vladimir Horowitz Quotes

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Vladimir Horowitz

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 1, 1903

I tried playing for the public, and I selected music that I thought would be pleasing to them. Times are different now. Today, I play the music I want, and I just try to do my best.

Vladimir Horowitz

I may play the same program from one recital to the next, but I will play it differently, and because it is always different, it is always new.

Vladimir Horowitz

For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated, and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic.

Vladimir Horowitz

I studied with Felix Blumenfeld, who had studied piano with Anton Rubinstein and composition with Tchaikovsky. Felix, my professor, was the right hand of Anton Rubinstein. Blumenfeld knew his playing by heart, from every angle.

Vladimir Horowitz