It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.

When one plays a Steinway, there is a warmth and nobility in the sound that is unequalled by any other instrument.

Everyone is different. Sometimes it's very exciting; sometimes very scary.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end.

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.

It is wonderful to see how happy all my friends in the LA Philharmonic are in their new home.