I discovered that the people of the North are different and there's no way you can make a person from the North similar to a Southerner. They're two different worlds.

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

Orphei Drängar possesses a combination of power, energy, and culture. Joy of discovery combined with professional technical and musical prowess.

The biggest difference between U.S and most European big cities is that in a place like London, for instance, there are five orchestras, and there's a bloody competition between these five orchestras.

The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.

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

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.