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"I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music."
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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."
"With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard."
"Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do."
"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."
"When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically."
"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."
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