Andre Previn
Andre Previn
André George Previn, KBE is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth6 April 1929
CityBerlin, Germany
CountryGermany
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When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.
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I'm on very good terms with all my former wives.
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Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.
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A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.
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People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before.
I don't write things that are wildly abstractly atonal.
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I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.