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Luc Ferrari Quotes

Luc Ferrari quotes

French Composer February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005

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So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, but a sound with a form, a development, a life of its own. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and..."
My sisters were going out with artists and poets, and eventually it was the creative world which attracted me. Luc Ferrari
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I..."
Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive. Luc Ferrari
I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. Luc Ferrari
Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial ideas into other parameters through technology. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I..."
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it. Luc Ferrari
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex in character. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things."
You turned on the radio and heard all kinds of things. Luc Ferrari
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "Boulez seemed to me to be a guy who wrote laws. Like a company..."
Boulez seemed to me to be a guy who wrote laws. Like a company lawyer. Luc Ferrari
With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible. Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari quote: "I have problems with machines which aren't gestural."
I have problems with machines which aren't gestural. Luc Ferrari

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