Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Birthdays are meant for special occasions.
I used to go to musicals every birthday - that was my birthday present. We'd go to London, me and my two brothers and mum and dad. I think I saw 'Mamma Mia' about five times.
I don't have birthdays.
I probably went to musique concrete concerts - though not the very first ones - at the beginning of the 50s.
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.
I've never really made a big deal out of my birthday.
I've only been to one concert in my life.
My birthday is a day when all I want is to bask in the love of my family and rarely accept offers for concerts and shows if they are to be held on this day.