"Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II."

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"Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II."

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"If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play with them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, they have a wonderful light feeling for that."

Feelings

"As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?"

People

"Since the composer has said everything, if you discover everything, it will be enough and you will be a happy man. Don't try to say it's your taste, and because of that you are changing this or that. And I must say this respect is still there."

Man

"And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor."

Age

"At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music."

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"I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor."

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"And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to."

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"Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them."

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"I was different from most young conductors today."

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"And to understand this, I think this is a most important point where I would like always to be understood what we do with the New York Philharmonic. That the meaning of the music is number one."

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