European Anti-semitism Goes Much Further Back Than

Germany Will Never Be A Real, Free Thinking And Free Feeling Friend Of Israel, Because It Will Always Fall Under This Shadow.

There Are Many Types Of Silence. There Is A Silence Before The Note, There Is A Silence At The End And There Is A Silence In The Middle.

Tradition Demands That We Not Speak Poorly Of The Dead.

In Times Of Totalitarian Or Autocratic Rule, Music (indeed Culture In General) Is Often The Only Avenue Of Independent Thought. It Is The Only Way People Can Meet As Equals, And Exchange Ideas. Culture Then Becomes Primarily The Voice Of The Oppressed And It Takes Over From Politics As A Driving Force For Change.

I Always Maintain That Playing In An Orchestra Intelligently Is The Best School For Democracy. If You Play A Solo, The Conductor And Everybody In The Orchestra Follows You. Then, A Few Bars Later, The Main Voice Goes To Another Instrument, Another Group, And Then You Have To Go Back Into The Collective [sound]. The Art Of Playing In An Orchestra Is Being Able To Express Yourself To The Maximum But Always In Relation To Something Else That Is Going On.