My material life is simple.

For me, Venezuela is very important, not just because it's a place I go to conduct, but because my family is there - my wife, my parents and my musical family.

You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.

I think that I need to learn a lot, a lot.

I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.

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.

My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.