The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

I would like new people with new ideas to come into it and change it.

Taste is changing, style is changing, and players abilities are changing.

Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000.