Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time.

Over the years it has been my privilege to lead performances with Saint Louis, the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and so many other wonderful organizations.

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American.

Growing up in Hollywood, like I did, I have a passion and a love for the movies, so I go to the cinema all the time.

I've come to the conclusion that a long personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.