I Always Had, Deep Down,

I Started Conducting Lessons And I Realized That This Is Actually Something I Like Doing.

When An Artist Works Today Or Whenever, It's Not About Creating Immortal Masterpieces, Because That's The One Thing We Don't Decide Ourselves.

Every Orchestra I Know, Every Opera House I Know, Is Desperately Looking Around Trying To Find New Talent, New Composing Talent, Supporting Young Composers, Supporting New Ideas, Supporting New Ways Of Getting The Message Across.

With American Orchestras, In Particular, Because They Play In Such Huge Halls, Getting A True Pianissimo Is Very Hard.

Our Industry [classic Music] Has Kind Of Retarded Into This Kind Of Endless Cover-producing Thing, And It's A Pity.