But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.

Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse and drift.

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

All music has to speak in some form or other.