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

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

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

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

I'm trying to conduct only five months a year, and the rest will be composing time. I'm trying to spend as much as I can out of those months here in L.A., because for creative work, this is a fantastic place.

The classical music industry, has been an industry of covers. So we do covers, and if I compare this with the rock and pop side, what is the most exciting event?

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