Home / Topics / Accompanists Quotes

Accompanists Quotes

Browse 9 quotes about Accompanists.

Accompanists Quotes

“I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.”

Wanted Growing Up Growing Couple Halls Concerts Pianist Carnegie Carnegie Hall Accompanists

Author:Kirsten Nelson

“My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don't think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn't work.”

Ifs Thinking Play Wanted Hurt Dad Music Is My Dad Piano Accompanists

Author:Kim Basinger

“The majority of my training was as a drummer, and drummers are basically accompanists.”

Training Majority Drummer Accompanists

Author:Z'EV

“I looked at the job of piano accompanist. It's a selfless position and generally they are odd people, according to opera singers I talked to. Just like everybody else, they want more from their life, but now their job is to make others shine.”

People Want Jobs Position Shining Singers Odd Piano Opera Selfless Opera Singers Accompanists

Author:Simon Helberg

“I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and I maintained that. So really good, but more impressive than classically trained. So I had to take a crash course in classical technique because I really wanted to get away with playing this character [in Florence Foster Jenkins] without people saying, "That's not really accurate."”

People Want Years Character Wanted Courses Stars Levels Technique Get Away Accurate Crash Impressive High Level Florence Accompanists

Author:Simon Helberg

“It's really fun to listen to other people and be an accompanist.”

People Fun Accompanists

Author:Shawn Colvin

“Food and wine. Decide which is the soloist, which the accompanist.”

Wine Food And Wine Accompanists

Author:Michael Broadbent

“I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a great combination of the traditional vernacular with his own. Hearing it unfold and being in a position to participate was a great pleasure. Part of being an accompanist is that the stronger the soloist, the more I can do all that I know to do. So, Joe was as good as it gets.”

“I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.”

Growing Up Growing Couple Accompanists

Author:Kirsten Nelson