I Was Different From Most Young Conductors

Even I Had No Opportunity To Conduct Very Many Concerts After World War Ii.

Very Often, If I Know The Orchestra Doesn't Know A Piece Or It's A New Piece, I Have Main Ideas About It. But Then We Start To Play And I Never Talk About Places Where They Played So Beautiful And So Clear In The Beginning That There Is Nothing To Say.

An Orchestra Full Of Stars Can Be A Disaster.

Sometimes If You Have Very Confident People, You Have To Tell Them Please, Be Polite, There Are Other Players Are Good Enough As You And You Should Never Speak Out Of An Orchestra.

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.