“If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos - and believe me, I love playing them - I would be counting my entire repertoire from year to year on my two hands.” IfsWorldYearsBelieveTwoHandsWould BeRunningAround The WorldBelieve In MeCountingTwo Hands Author:David Finckel
“Our interpretations through the years and generations have always changed, but the emotions, ideas, and the thoughts of the composers are still with us, and these are the premise of the music. The time factor has little to do with it because, after all, it is about human feeling, the Universe and who we are as people.” PeopleYearsHumansLittlesStillsIdeasFeelingsUniverseEmotionGenerationsChangedFactorsWho We AreInterpretationComposerPremisesThrough The Years Author:David Finckel
“I don't think too much about the past when I am actually playing, I prefer to concentrate on the present. The performance of a piece, no matter how long ago or where it was written, is always a new production, something that comes alive in the present. And it doesn't matter if the piece was written two or three hundred years ago if it is alive in us.” IfsThinkingYearsLongTwoMatterPastThreeToo MuchPiecesAliveWrittenHundredYears AgoPerformancesProductionsLong AgoLive In The Present Author:David Finckel
