Music is a fundamental human right

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.

It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

When you play Mozart, it's so clean, it's so simple. It's the body naked.

Music is a fundamental human right

I think the atmosphere of a Prom concert can change your life, in the best way. It's so deep, the feeling you have there. The audience is so close, and there are so many of them, that you feel they are almost embracing you.

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