There’s a million people who can go out and play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto brilliantly, but we’re the only ones who can do ‘A Little Nightmare Music.’ Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous – music binds us altogether. Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
We’re passionate musicians, but we felt classical concerts were more like a funeral because nobody talked and everybody was dressed so conservatively. We thought that’s kind of strange, because music is full of life! We thought we could break through that barrier with theater and comedy elements. Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
Instruments are a phenomenal investment, especially violins and violas and celli, because the value really doesn’t go down, and it just rises up at incredible speed and has done, and I believe will continue to do so, because these rare instruments are not getting more. They are getting less and less through the years. Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger. Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
We developed our own type of Igudesman and Joo electric violin, let’s say, and funny enough, the shape of it was developed by the head technician of Steinway. It’s actually an electric violin, which is made from the stick that holds up the piano lid. Aleksey Igudesman Read Quote
