Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
Isaac Sternwas an American violinist and conductor...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth21 July 1920
CityKremenets, Ukraine
CountryRussian Federation
failure grows experiments
It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.
truth
Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.
early elegance fitted line musical natural stunning style whatever
His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.
playing silk surrounded
Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.
simple careers mirrors
Outsiders always look for a reason to explain why they are not inside. They never look in the mirror. Let's face it, the profession I'm in is a very simple and a very cruel one. There is no way that you can create a career for someone without talent and no way to stop a career of someone with talent.
ears demand attention
A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that happens, but I'm sure it has an inner basis that is never learned.
gloves cashmere wells
Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.
years young known
I have known Ori Kam for several years and have always regarded him as an extraordinarily talented young mucisian.
new-york cities broken
New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.
communication want force
A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say.
new-york taken airplane
For each glass, liberally large, the basic ingredients begin with ice cubes in a shaker and three or four drops of Angostura bitters on the ice cubes. Add several twisted lemon peels to the shaker, then a bottle-top of dry vermouth, a bottle-top of Scotch, and multiply the resultant liquid content by five with gin, preferably Bombay Sapphire. Add more gin if you think it is too bland... I have been told, but have no personal proof that it is true, that three of these taken in the course of an evening make it possible to fly from New York to Paris without an airplane.
culture music-is parts-of-life
Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.
moving believe mountain
When you believe in something, you can move mountains.
stupid greatest-wealth people
The greatest wealth of this nation is not only the mergers of giant corporations or the possibility of further globalization of the infrastructure of the world. In the United States, our greatest single source of wealth is the minds and talent of our young people. Not to use it is stupid - to waste it is a crime.