For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

..I heard Ori Kam and was deeply impressed with his achievements as a violist. His technical and interpretive skills are truly unique. I see a great future for him.

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.

Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

I don't walk on stage unless I'm playing with a orchestra. But when I play a recital, I'm sort of on a scooter, and I just scoot very quickly on stage, and they're saying, wow, look at this. He's so fast.