In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems.

In this art form, in any art form, generalities are useless.

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.

New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.

There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.

A woman's life in the orchestra is not as long as a man's; she is just not as good at 60 as a man is at 60.

I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!