Music is a fundamental human right

My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right - that as they have access to food, health, and education, they get the chance to have art and culture - especially music.

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

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

When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

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

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