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

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

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.

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 feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.

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

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