Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.

The Germans are prisoners of their past.

Israel's strategy cannot be to constantly confront the Palestinians with the history of the Holocaust, but instead to show them that Israel is a reality.

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

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

I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through.

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.