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Emanuel Ax (born 8 June 1949) is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School.

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We should welcome applause whenever it comes.

Applause, Should, Welcome, Whenever

Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.

Encored, Successful, Variation, Variations, Waiting

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.

Concert, Concerts, Ends, Like, Please

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

Holding, Hushed, Silence, Sometimes, Wish

The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.

Audience, Force, Music, Reaction, Reactions, Sheer

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

Applause, Likes, Listener, Mean, Should

I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes.

Ear, Ears, Eye, Eyes, Influenced, Thought

Everybody makes his path differently.

Differently, Everybody, Path

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

Applause, Exactly, Movement, Nobody, Trying

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

Enough, Enough Time, Hard, Player, Things, Too Much

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

Actually, Arcane, Rules, Seems, Set

I think competition in any kind of activity like music, art, literature - anything that's not done with a timer - is actually impossible. So, in effect, what you're doing is you're entering the lottery. You're hoping that you play well (and that) you play your best on the day that you're heard, and you're hoping that the people who are judging will like what you do.

Art, Kind, Lottery, Play, Thinking, Timer

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

Emotional, Social, Should, Duty, Regulated