Ruggiero Ricci Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Ruggiero Ricci Quotes and Sayings


  • 1
    A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 2
    A specialist is someone who does everything else worse. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 4
    Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 7
    Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got to watch the conductor, he is like a metronome, but it is more difficult because he can change rhythms. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    Well, rhythm is 90 percent of the interpretation. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself. Ruggiero Ricci | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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