Claudio Abbado Professions : Conductor Born : June 26, 1933 Died : January 20, 2014 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Claudio Abbado Many people learn how to talk, but they don't learn how to listen. Listening to one another is an important thing in life. And music tells us how to do that. Claudio Abbado things-in-life listening people I love the sound of snow... You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not even a real noise: a breath, a trifle of a sound. You have the same thing in music: if in the score there is a pianissimo marked that ends in nothing. Up thee you can feel this 'nothing'. With an orchestra it is very difficult to achieve it. The Berlin Philharmonic manage it sometimes. Claudio Abbado real sound snow Similar Authors Bruno Walter conductor Arturo Toscanini conductor Artur Rodzinski conductor Anton Seidl conductor Andre Kostelanetz conductor Bernard Haitink conductor All Authors