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.

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.

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

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

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

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

I'm sure that there are many Israelis who dream of waking up one day to find the Palestinians gone. And there are many Palestinians who dream of going to bed at night and waking up the next morning to find the Israelis gone.