Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow.

I have heard Ori Kam on several occasions over the last few years and have always been deeply impressed with his playing. He possesses a rare combination of musical talent, technical facility, intelligence, and charisma, and he is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary young artists I have heard in recent years.

I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.

The Steinway piano is such an incomparable instrument. Due to its virtues, I am able to express all my musical feelings.

An hour of violin lessons in Berlin is an hour where you get the child interested in music. An hour in a violin lesson in Palestine is an hour away from violence, is an hour away from fundamentalism.

I can't stand being in Chicago anymore and hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto in the elevator. Because that shows me that when they come to the concert hall they listen to it in the same way.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.