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I always loved performing and being on stage.

I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.

As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.

I am the conductor for life of the Staatskapelle in Berlin, which fills me with tremendous joy because I feel absolutely at one with them. When we play, I have a feeling that together we manage to create one collective lung for the whole orchestra so that everybody in the stage breathes the music in the same way.

Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment.

When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

I really, really love being on stage now.