Even I Had No Opportunity To Conduct

What I Never Overcame Is A Kind Of Shyness.

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 Have To Be A Conductor.

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, And Because Of That You Are Changing This Or That. And I Must Say This Respect Is Still There.

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 Beethoven, That Are Full Of Mistakes. Not The Wrong Or False Notes, But The Wrong Dynamic, Understandable Things.

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 Conductor. And Sometimes Young Talented Musicians Have To Be Encouraged.