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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been lucky to conduct the very best orchestras in the world: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, the London Philharmonic.
Symphonic orchestras have almost become a glut in the market.
I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.
We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.
It is against the spirit of our non-discriminating times to openly prefer one sort of music to another, so let's just say that hearing grand orchestral music in a public place is exhilarating in a way that hearing popular music never can be, if only because, in a popular music age, a full orchestra is less familiar to our ears.
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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.
I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.
I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.