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

I studied music since I was four years old, and from that moment I became part of a family. And that family has taught me things; not only musical things, but things I have to face in life, and that is where the success of the system lies

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music.

I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously!

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.

The challenge is not so much to change the sound. The challenge is to connect and to create something special.

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.