Riccardo Muti Quotes

• A conductor should guide rather than command.

  Riccardo Muti

  Guides, Should, Command

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• Music does not know the difference between people; it only speaks to their hearts. It is the only form of communication that can bring this terrible world together.

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  Communication, Heart, Differences

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• You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time.

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  Able

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• The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.

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  Islands, Solitude, Continents

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• Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare `entertainment.' It's not `entertainment.' It's culture.

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  Soccer, Sports, Symphony

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• Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

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  Ambition, Commitment, Simplicity

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• I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

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  Shy, Arrogant, Spotlight

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• You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

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  People, Interpretation, Critics

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• It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.

  Riccardo Muti

  Study, Extraordinary, New Things

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