Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.

I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.

It would be very tempting to say that why paint because we have Michelangelo, we have Leonardo [Da Vinci], we have all these guys. Why waste your time, because most likely you're not going to be on that level anyway.

I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so.

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

I like this idea of identification with the local team. I think it's great. That's what an orchestra should be. It's an orchestra for its hometown, and it serves the people.