Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic.

An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

Today, conducting is a question of ego: a lot of people believe they are actually playing the music.

The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked.

And in English you have this wonderful difference between listening and hearing, and that you can hear without listening, and you can listen and not hear.