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- Nov 07, 2020
Carnegie Hall Quotes
The stage every musician measures against.
Carnegie Hall quotes capture what it means for an Artist to finally stand on that legendary stage, alongside quieter reflections on hospitals and prisons played along the way.
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- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd be lying if I claimed that, in spite of our amiable afternoons, I don't have an ache somewhere in my heart that my children will not be playing Carnegie Hall anytime soon.
- Concert Pianist
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, Minuetta Kessler, was a concert pianist and composer who performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall.
- Concert Hall
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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- Nov 07, 2020
We played Carnegie Hall, and that was one time where I felt... Carnegie Hall as a legendary, very venerable place to perform. I'd never heard of anyone going into the Hall and kind of standing on the seats and playing throughout the aisles and having the audience stand on the seats. So when we did that in 2013, even for me it was a shock.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and restricted facilities for leprosy patients, just to mention a few.
- Everywhere
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
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- Nov 07, 2020