Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

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

There are probably many people in Israel who believe that Wagner, who died in 1883, lived in Berlin in 1942 and was friends with Hitler.

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music...to understand when I'm conducting the Schönberg Variations.

Wagner exploited all forms of expression at a composer's disposal - harmony, dynamics, orchestration - to the extreme. His music is highly emotional, and at the same time Wagner has extraordinary control over the effect he achieves.

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