This Conducting Thing Happened. In 1983 I

I'm Trying To Conduct Only Five Months A Year, And The Rest Will Be Composing Time. I'm Trying To Spend As Much As I Can Out Of Those Months Here In L.a., Because For Creative Work, This Is A Fantastic Place.

After 30 Years I Have Realized The Greatest Pleasure I Can Get Is To Have Learnt.

I Think We Still Do Have A Pr Problem In The Sense That These Institutions Portray Themselves Quite Often As A Museum Without The Contemporary Wing. For A Young Cutting-edge Person, Why Would You Get Into That Sort Of Business, Which Is Very Clearly Geared Towards Dead Or Almost Dead People?

In The Range Of Music That We Play - Roughly 300 Years' Worth-there Really Are More Similarities Than Differences.

Our Audience, It Has Been A More Difficult Process For Classical Music Audiences Around The World, And I'm Not Completely Certain Why.