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You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

I know so many Irish musicians. They're all over, because there has been so much emigration from Ireland. Like the Jews.

I also work with the regular orchestras in Munich, Germany and other similar orchestras.

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish.

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.

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.