You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.

Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.

You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.

The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.