An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster..

If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Deb….

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Bee….

As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would the….

Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, ….

Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk ….

If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers..

The message of music was also the first thing what I learned from my first teacher. She was an organist too and she was very devoted to what she play….

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor..

And if you are strong enough, then you can grow as a conductor more and more..

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said ….

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character..

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character..

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness..

Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II..

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't….

And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to..

I was different from most young conductors today..

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success..

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with m….

You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a con….