It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

Quote by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little...

All music has to speak in some form or other.

All music has to speak in some form or other.

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out,...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps...

The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only...

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired...

It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be...

It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In...

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I...

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.

But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.