14+ Anna Meredith Quotes On Being

Anna Meredith is a British composer who creates music across a range of genres, including classical, electronic and experimental. Her work has been described as “a unique fusion of classical forms and modern electronic music”. She has been commissioned to write pieces for the BBC Proms, the London Sinfonietta and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Anna Meredith on love, life, leadership.

I had thought everyone in the electronic world would be so laid back, but there's as many cliques and prejudices as any other world. — Anna Meredith

I'm less interested in uniqueness than in goodness. I see so many concerts where the program notes are more interesting than the music. I remember talking to one composer who went through the most complicated mathematical algorithm to generate some material from scratch. It took weeks and weeks, and he came up with a C major chord. For me, honesty is more interesting than originality. — Anna Meredith

I've never been really interested in music, classical or otherwise, where the craft is more important than the result. I realized quickly that I'd never be a technical electronic musician. — Anna Meredith

I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to something you're hearing. — Anna Meredith

Performances are so defined by their venues - it'd be nice for the music to dictate more of the reaction. — Anna Meredith

I'm up for a massive, bombastic tour with hydraulics, robots, lasers, 15 costume changes, projecting on a power station, big impact, big visuals. I'd love to realize the theatricality of the whole thing. To be overwhelming, to surprise you, maybe to play in hidden spaces. — Anna Meredith

There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working a sense of performance into a piece yet. — Anna Meredith

I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction. — Anna Meredith

Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet." But it's most important to get the energy right. — Anna Meredith

Quite often, when I describe to people what I want, I'll say "overwhelming" - I want it to feel like it's phy — Anna Meredith

With the classical stuff, I've always been better at the big brushstrokes and broad textures than spending ages honing a chord, or tweaking a sample. — Anna Meredith

I try to listen to stuff that makes me happy for other reasons, rather than being musically inspiring. — Anna Meredith

It's the balance between wanting the power of electronics and having something real happening - if you want people to engage in what you're doing, I think that's important. I want to have fun with people, but that's hard to do with a laptop. — Anna Meredith

If I'm feeling confident, then I write confident, happy, or assured music. I can hear some early electronic sketches I did where I'm clearly not confident and everything's a bit mid-range, nothing really pushes through. — Anna Meredith

Life Lessons by Anna Meredith

1. Anna Meredith's work emphasizes the importance of experimentation and pushing boundaries in order to create unique and innovative music.
2. Her compositions demonstrate the power of combining different genres and styles to create something new and exciting.
3. She encourages us to take risks and be bold in our creative endeavors, and to never be afraid to try something new.