Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that

The Steinway pianos of today are the finest I have ever played.

I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always.

As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.