I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

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

The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days and nights of performances, so we don't have a particular pattern that we can follow. For a conductor, it is a little bit worse because we have to allow for traveling.

My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around.

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

I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.