"Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music"
- Isaac Stern
About this Quote
This quote by Isaac Stern speaks with the power of music and the effect it can have on an area. It suggests that music has the capability to transform a space, to make it more alive and vibrant. Nevertheless, Carnegie Hall is an exception to this rule. Rather of music enhancing the hall, Carnegie Hall enhances the music. This suggests that the hall itself has a special quality that magnifies the music, making it sound even better than it would in any other space. This speaks with the special acoustics of Carnegie Hall, which have actually been praised by musicians and audiences alike for centuries. It also talks to the power of music, and how it can bring an area to life. Music has the power to transform a space, and Carnegie Hall is a testimony to that.
This quote is written / told by Isaac Stern between July 21, 1920 and September 22, 2001. He/she was a famous Musician from Russia, the quote is categorized under the topic Music. The author also have 5 other quotes.
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