Our Audience, It Has Been

You Know, In Some Ways Conducting Is Counter-intuitive. It's Like Winter Driving In Finland - If You Skid, The Natural Reaction Is To Fight With The Wheel And Jam On The Brakes, Which Is The Quickest Way To Get Killed. What You Have To Do Is Let Go, And The Car Will Right Itself. It's The Same When An Orchestra Loses Its Ensemble. You Have To Resist The Temptation To Semaphore, And Let The Orchestra Find Its Own Way Back To The Pulse.

The Classical Music Industry, Has Been An Industry Of Covers. So We Do Covers, And If I Compare This With The Rock And Pop Side, What Is The Most Exciting Event?

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.

After 30 Years I Have Realized The Greatest Pleasure I Can Get Is To Have Learnt.

Conducting Was Just Something That Happened By Fluke.