The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you, because there's a wall up between who you are and who they're seeing.
Hilary HahnRead
What I do is creative. It doesn't seem like that when I'm playing a piece that was written in the past, but the score is just the outline and everything in it is relative. The key is to make this piece written by someone else belong to you and then connect to the audience.
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What this quote means
Creating music is an act of personalization and connection, even when playing existing compositions.
In this quote, Hilary Hahn emphasizes that even when interpreting a previously composed piece of music, the performer exercises creativity. The essence of creativity lies not only in the composition itself but in how the musician makes it their own and engages with the audience, transforming a historical work into a personal experience.
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In practice
Example use cases
During a music workshop, I shared this quote to inspire young musicians to find their own voice in performances.
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