I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

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

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite, it's not as meaningful.

In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.