Joanna MacGregor Quotes

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I know I get up people's noses," "Everyone wants to pigeonhole you. Early on in my career I somehow got labelled 'Bach, John Cage and a bit of jazz'. But the fact that I love to play Beethoven, too, really infuriates people. It doesn't fit. They can't make sense of it. The received wisdom is that you can't possibly do all these things without it sounding terrible or crass or just plain wrong.

Joanna MacGregor

Once you start cancelling, there's always something which is not quite right.

Joanna MacGregor

My favorite composers tend to be great improvisers as well as great players. It doesn't matter whether they're contemporary or classical.

Joanna MacGregor

Classical musicians can sometimes get very hung up on the idea that there's a right way and there's a wrong way. You can see this destroy a lot of players. Jazz musicians have a way of understanding that there are a lot of different ways of doing things. That's what's great about them, they're so friendly. And they are so individualistic - that's why they can accept someone like me.

Joanna MacGregor

Joanna MacGregor

Joanna MacGregor

Born: July 16, 1959 (age 66)

Bio: Joanna MacGregor is a British concert pianist, conductor, composer and festival curator. She is Head of Piano at The Royal Academy of Music and a Professor of London University.

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