An Hour Of Violin Lessons In Berlin

I Always Maintain That Playing In An Orchestra Intelligently Is The Best School For Democracy. If You Play A Solo, The Conductor And Everybody In The Orchestra Follows You. Then, A Few Bars Later, The Main Voice Goes To Another Instrument, Another Group, And Then You Have To Go Back Into The Collective [sound]. The Art Of Playing In An Orchestra Is Being Able To Express Yourself To The Maximum But Always In Relation To Something Else That Is Going On.

The Ear Plays The Role Of The Guide In The Museum In The Concert I'm Taking Now. We Don't Have An Oral Guide, We Have To Provide It Ourselves. One Reason Why Active Listening Is Absolutely Essential.

There Are Many Types Of Silence. There Is A Silence Before The Note, There Is A Silence At The End And There Is A Silence In The Middle.

I Can't Stand Being In Chicago Anymore And Hearing The Brahms Violin Concerto In The Elevator. Because That Shows Me That When They Come To The Concert Hall They Listen To It In The Same Way.

Now The First Step Has To Be Taken, The Step Towards Democracy. This Step Is Full Of Risks, And Requires Trust On All Sides. We Don't Know Where It Will Lead. But If We Just Stand Still, We Will Have No Chance Of Escaping The Violence.