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

Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach.

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.