But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

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Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

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Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.

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Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

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Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

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The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.

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Perfection is not very communicative

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Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

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Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.

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Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

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