I Love A Visceral Sound, The Kind

Classic Music Somehow Changed, And It Changed Between The First And The Second World Wars, And Somehow What Happened Was That The Hero That Had Been The Composer, The Hero Now Was The Performer, And Especially The Conductor.

You Know, In Some Ways Conducting Is Counter-intuitive. It's Like Winter Driving In Finland - If You Skid, The Natural Reaction Is To Fight With The Wheel And Jam On The Brakes, Which Is The Quickest Way To Get Killed. What You Have To Do Is Let Go, And The Car Will Right Itself. It's The Same When An Orchestra Loses Its Ensemble. You Have To Resist The Temptation To Semaphore, And Let The Orchestra Find Its Own Way Back To The Pulse.

I Feel That This Is My Artistic Home, And I'm Very Happy To Be A California Artist Together With Many Others Who Are Not From Here Originally But Who Decided To Make This The Center Of Their Activities. There's Something About That That I Find Very Inspiring And Satisfying.

The Royal Festival Hall In London Is Nice; People Hang Out There. I Think This Inviting, Non-exclusive Character Is Very Important.

The Biggest Difference Between U.s And Most European Big Cities Is That In A Place Like London, For Instance, There Are Five Orchestras, And There's A Bloody Competition Between These Five Orchestras.