Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Riccardo Muti

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian celebrity Riccardo Muti.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti, is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and the Salzburg Whitsun Festival.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.
I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.
It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things. — © Riccardo Muti
It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.
A conductor should guide rather than command.
I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala.
I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.
You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time.
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.
Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare `entertainment.' It's not `entertainment.' It's culture.
Music does not know the difference between people; it only speaks to their hearts. It is the only form of communication that can bring this terrible world together.
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