The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been.

I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting.

The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

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

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.