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

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

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

I was different from most young conductors today..

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 ….

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….

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….

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, ….

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….

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

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster..

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

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….

Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should n….

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot ….

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians….

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 ….

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness..

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….

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