A conductor should guide rather than command.

You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

A conductor should guide rather than command.

It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.