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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.
There's not an orchestra in the world that doesn't have weaknesses. None of us can play everything well. The repertoire is just too big.
Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time.
I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.
We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.
Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.
My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around.
There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.
The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days and nights of performances, so we don't have a particular pattern that we can follow. For a conductor, it is a little bit worse because we have to allow for traveling.
The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
We need music to restore the human spirit
I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.
I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.
People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people think. Many believe it's like Berlin at the end of World War II.
