Maya Beiser Quotes

Maya Beiser — American Musician

Maya Beiser is an Israeli-born American classical cellist, performing artist and producer who lives in New York City. She has an international career as a performer and recording artist. Beiser was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her French mother and Argentine father, and graduated from Yale University School of Music. The New Yorker magazine described her as a "cello goddess" and the San Francisco Chronicle called her "the queen of contemporary cello"... (wikipedia)

'Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals.

It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.

I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.

Post-minimalism implies music that's genre-less. Minimalism was very important because it came at a time when contemporary music had become so complex, so experimental and detached that people turned away from it. Minimalism broke that trend and brought music back to the people.

A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.

Maya Beiser Quotes

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