In My Imagination Yes, I Remember, When

A Friend Gave Me A Cd Of The 'pathetique' Symphony As A Christmas Present. I Went Home, And I Put On The Cd Expecting To Listen To Tchaikovsky. But It Started 'ta Ta Ta Taaa.' It Was Too Long For Me. I Didn't Understand It At First, But Then I Fell In Love, In Love, In Love.

For Me, Venezuela Is Very Important, Not Just Because It's A Place I Go To Conduct, But Because My Family Is There - My Wife, My Parents And My Musical Family.

When You Play Mozart, It's So Clean, It's So Simple. It's The Body Naked.

It's Not That People Don't Like Classical Music. It's That They Don't Have The Chance To Understand And To Experience It.

Going To A Concert Can Sometimes Be Very Difficult. It Can Be A Long Journey. There's The Ticket Prices. But When The Music Goes To The Community - Not The Community Coming To The Concert - They Say, 'wow! I Didn't Know That This Music Was So Amazing!