Blechacz Rafal Quotes

#1. We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility ... You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between.

Lyall Watson

#2. Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

Desmond Tutu

#3. There are so many people who are interested in classical music. Fortunately, I think many of them are quite young, so it's wonderful to present new programs to them.

Rafal Blechacz

#4. It's important to play the pieces that you feel you can play well. It was always my dream to play Bach - my first love and fascination - Chopin, and Szymanowski.

Rafal Blechacz

#5. The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas.

Herbie Hancock

#6. Once a person is able to achieve true singlemindedness in his practice and smash apart the old nest ... into which he has settled ... Wisdom immediately appears ... and the all-discerning Fivefold Eye opens wide.

Hakuin Ekaku

#7. I love Arthur Rubinstein, especially his live recordings. I think his Chopin Mazurkas, his interpretation of the Polonaises, and the Concertos of Chopin are just incredible. When I was a child, I wanted to play more and more Chopin because of his recordings.

Rafal Blechacz

#8. I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

Elizabeth Strout

#9. I dreamt of playing in the big halls all over the world and it has always been my dream to play for people in many different countries.

Rafal Blechacz

#10. Dressing is like modelling - you can constantly adapt.

Kate Moss

#11. Things out o' natur niver thrive: God A'mighty doesn't like 'em.

George Eliot

#12. I usually need a lot of time to be completely alone with the particular piece, the composer, and the instrument. I also prefer a very quiet atmosphere, and I usually choose pieces that are very close to my personality, my heart. I think the audience can feel it.

Rafal Blechacz

#13. My earliest memories about music are connected with going to church and listening to organ music. I am not from a musical family, actually, and I remember my first musical fascination to be for organ music. I wanted to become an organist and not a pianist.

Rafal Blechacz

#14. A great artist can really enter the logic of any particular mazurka and fully understand the language of Chopin's music.

Rafal Blechacz

#15. Once I started playing the piano, after my first small competition, I realized that the piano was the right instrument for me.

Rafal Blechacz