Lalo Schifrin Professions : Pianist Born : June 21, 1932 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Lalo Schifrin My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert master, he took me to a lot of rehearsals, concerts, performances, opera, ballet. For me, that was life. Lalo Schifrin uncles mother father I like to know for whom I'm writing - it makes the composition easier to do. Lalo Schifrin easier jazz writing I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films. Lalo Schifrin writing school thinking Similar Authors Arthur Rubinstein pianist Arthur H pianist Anton Rubinstein pianist Andre Previn pianist Alice Herz-Sommer pianist Alfred Brendel pianist All Authors