Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.

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.

Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.

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.

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages of literature, then I jump to philosophy and at the same time I'm reading biographies of Mahler.

I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.