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Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin
American Celebrity
Born: Sep 1, 1944
Before First Music People Time World
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I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify. Leonard Slatkin
Clarify Shape Like Sound Hands Want Sculptor Mold Use
How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously? Leonard Slatkin
Seriously String String Quartet Possibly Something Could Take New How Quartet Yorker New Yorker Hollywood
On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964. Leonard Slatkin
Time World First Avenue Every Corner Virtually Carnegie Carnegie Hall Foot Simply Stepped Performance Performed Major Like Most Concert Concert Hall Hall First Time Led Than Artist Famous Place Figure Less
The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon. Leonard Slatkin
Cinema Better Few Down Birthplace Road Does Than Get Just Convergence Paul Much Miles Down The Road
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium. Leonard Slatkin
First Enjoy Minutes Podium Knows Person Going Orchestra Whether Rehearsal Two
A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before. Leonard Slatkin
Music Good Director First Single Party Before Difficult Music Director Some Date Containing Performed Pieces Make Impression Conductor Times Cannot Should Successfully Many Works Appearance Chosen Basis
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat. Leonard Slatkin
Leadership Sometimes Leader Community Arbiter Wrong Taking Most Looked Go His Cultural Conductor Heat Artistic Anything Persons Should Her
We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven. Leonard Slatkin
Great Society Give Performance Global Does Beethoven Germany
I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV. Leonard Slatkin
Market Total Know Reaching American Video Asked
Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time. Leonard Slatkin
Love Time Cinema Passion Like Go Up Did Movies Hollywood Growing Growing Up
I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's simple and it tastes best if you let it sit over night in the refrigerator... I don't want anybody near me when I am cooking. If I am going to make a mistake, it has to be my fault. Leonard Slatkin
Best Home Me You Mistake Cooking Fault Simple Sit Easiest Easiest Thing Week Over Make Am Least Lot Times Tastes Going Refrigerator Anybody Want Near Thing Four Night
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. Leonard Slatkin
Future About Developing Performers Audiences Role Orchestra Just Century Playing
To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Beethoven, Bartok, Schubert or Brahms work for minimal forces. Leonard Slatkin
Work Mind Nothing Late Musical Minimal Simply Sophistication Schubert Forces Beethoven Compares Ear
I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either. Leonard Slatkin
Before Particularly Concert Very After Either Lucid
There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big. Leonard Slatkin
World Big Too Everything Weaknesses Well None Repertoire Orchestra Just Us Play
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American. Leonard Slatkin
Music Long Alternate Been American Next British Associated
In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people. Leonard Slatkin
Music People Words Speak Few Believe Ways Hungarian Recognise Some More More People Instance Ideas Hear Itself Very Than Them Us Communicator Convincing Speaks
Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with. Leonard Slatkin
Time Great Together People Our Randy Our Time Angeles Both Songwriters Studio Era Los Los Angeles Up Grew Newman Products Fun Film

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