Top 23 Aleksey Quotes
#1. Now he experienced a feeling akin to that of a man whom while calmly crossing a bridge over a precipice, should suddenly discover that the bridge is broken, and that there is a chasm below. That chasm was life itself, the bridge that artificial life in which Aleksey Aleksandrovich had lived.
Leo Tolstoy
#2. Aleksey and I have gathered together a bunch of kindred spirits who are also versatile musicians. We have a violinist who eats fire, another who is an acrobat, and a flutist who beats boxes. We hope in years to come to tour the U.S. with our 'League of X-traordinary musicians.'
Richard Hyung-ki Joo
#3. Our first show, 'A Little Nightmare Music,' encompasses a lot of zany humor with beautiful classical music.
Aleksey Igudesman
#4. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#5. 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.'
Aleksey Igudesman
#6. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#7. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#8. When tragedy happens a real family pulls together, mine ripped apart.
Janette Oke
#9. Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
Aleksey Igudesman
#10. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#11. For what need would I have to say, 'I believe,' if I already knew?
(from The Church is One)
Aleksey Khomiakov
#12. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#13. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#15. 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.
Aleksey Igudesman
#17. It is my opinion that humans are largely what they make of themselves; in other words, "human nature" is not so much an empirical reality as a process of self-construction. This means that if people become what they think they are, what they think they are is exceedingly important.
Linda Marie Fedigan
#18. I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.
Aleksey Igudesman
#19. I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
Lee Trevino
#20. When truth and honesty is absent in the nation, it relates not just to the politicians.
Sunday Adelaja
#21. I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain.
Martin Luther
#22. Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.
Aleksey Igudesman
#23. Our mistakes show us that the contents of our minds can be as convincing as reality.
Kathryn Schulz
