Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of Emanuel Ax →
I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.
It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.
The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.
We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.
We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the... →
Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can