Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences.

I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.

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

Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try to give them a concept, you try to inspire them, and it's actually exhausting.

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself.