The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places.
Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy.
As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.
To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.
I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.
With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.
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.
It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century.