Aleksey Igudesman Quotes

#1. Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.

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#2. I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.

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#3. The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo: A Little Nightmare Music' has a history that goes back five years. I can say that this is the most successful project that we have ever done.

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#4. For me, personally, the most interesting music comes from the popular sector - from film and pop music - since contemporary classical music got stuck and went into directions where it lost a lot of the public by over-intellectualizing.

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#5. I was able to turn to classical music many people, who saw my programs live and on YouTube, and this is one of the nicest achievements I can have.

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#6. Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.

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#7. Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.

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#8. We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let's say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It's actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid.

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#9. It is interesting that our biggest fans are the greatest names of the classical music scene, such as Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer. They even make guest appearances in our concerts occasionally.

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#10. There's a million people who can go out and play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto brilliantly, but we're the only ones who can do 'A Little Nightmare Music.'

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#11. We're passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively. We thought that's kind of strange, because music is full of life! We thought we could break through that barrier with theater and comedy elements.

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#12. Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music.

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