Yehudi Menuhin: Play

Yehudi Menuhin was American violinist and conductor. Explore interesting quotes on play.
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“To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Source: Rene J. Smith The Spirit of Flight http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Euu4e-4qNAUC&pg=PT30, Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 15 January 2012, p. 30

Music , Star , Distant

“Many people do not realise that it takes considerably more art and skill to play the violin lightly than it does to play it loudly. Indeed, the best possible training for young violinists is learning to play pianissimo and without pressure.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Source: Life class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist, p. 68

People , Art , Learning , Training

“First and foremost, yoga made its contribution to my quest to understand consciously the mechanics of violin playing, a quest which by 1951 had long been one of the themes of my life. All influences pointed to less tension, more effective application of energy, the breaking down of resistance in every joint, the coordination of all motions into one motion; and illustrated the profound truth that strength comes not from strength but from the subtle comprehension of process, proportion and balance.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Source: The Dawn of Indian Music in the West http://books.google.co.in/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&pg=PA46, A&C Black, 24 April 2006, p. 46

Life , Truth , Understanding

“[At age 7] In eight hours of concentrated practice between my twice-weekly lessons, I memorized the A major and played it for Persinger.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

Age

“This is the best and ultimate purpose of conducting: Not only to lead (the musicians) and keep them together, not only to make their performance easier and simpler, but also to guide them so that they can play as they have always longed to play.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

“There comes a time when the student turns his back on the teacher. His playing cannot have the necessary security, autonomy, self-faith, or communicative power until he believes his interpretation is his own.”

Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

Faith , Communication , Teachers , Time

“In playing Beethoven the violinist should be a medium. There is little that is personal or that can be reduced to ingratiating sounds, pleasing slides and so on. Everything is dictated by the significance, the weight, structure and direction of the notes and passages themselves.”

Yehudi Menuhin

In p. 78
Life class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist

Personality