My Material Life Is Simple.

I Think It's A Very Important Collaboration Between The Conductor And The Orchestra - Especially When The Conductor Is One More Member Of The Orchestra In The Way That You Are Leading, But Also Respecting, Feeling And Building The Same Way For All The Players To Understand The Music.

For Me To Rehearse With A Children's Orchestra A Mahler Symphony Was To Really Work. We Had Three Or Four Weeks Of Rehearsal With The Orchestra, Every Day Eight Or Nine Hours, Putting The First Together. I Had Been Conducting Tchaikovsky A Lot And Beethoven, But Mahler Was Different.

Classical Music In Venezuela Is Now Something Like A Pop Concert. You Can See People Screaming Or Crying Because They Don't Have A Ticket.

The Challenge Is Not So Much To Change The Sound. The Challenge Is To Connect And To Create Something Special.

It's A Physical Challenge. It's A Spiritual Challenge. I'm Studying Almost Every Day A Different Symphony, Not Returning To Any One For A Week.