What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

The aim is freedom conscience and truth

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.

Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing.