I was different from most young conductors today.
Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.
I have been to Kashmir many times, especially with my family, in the '70s.
One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.
I love to work with young kids.
I can conduct better than I count.
The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.
Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.
I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.
That's the goal, to survive your gift.
Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.
For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.
That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.
That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.
Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.
Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.
I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you.
As long as they keep building settlements, the world will be anti-Israeli.
