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"This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience."
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"In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been."
"The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself."
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