| Violadad,
Sorry to tell you this but I've actually heard it from the mouths of the performers you love and consider "great arists". None of them did any of this "language". They studied with great musicians, they read books, they went to museums. The great musicians of our time are lovers of art, history etc... I always ask the same question when i get a lesson with or play for one of my teacher's friends, and it's all the same.
There's so many stories I know of great teachers telling their students that they must start reading great literature, seeing good art and traveling as much as possible. Theory doesn't really figure into this. These aren't people who play like automatons, they are artists. |