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The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.

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The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat.

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We are a global society, and one does not have to be from Germany to give a great performance of Beethoven.

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I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.

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How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?

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In some ways I believe music is the more convincing communicator of ideas than words. For instance, we can hear of Kordaly and Bartok and recognise them as Hungarian, but very few of us speak Hungarian, but the music itself speaks to more people.

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Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

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The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.

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I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

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