Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

Going to a concert can sometimes be very difficult. It can be a long journey. There's the ticket prices. But when the music goes to the community - not the community coming to the concert - they say, 'Wow! I didn't know that this music was so amazing!

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real.

I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct.

Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket.