My Material Life Is Simple.

Los Angeles Is A Very Special City. It's A Great Ethnic Mix, A Great Cultural Mix.

For Me To Rehearse With A Children's Orchestra A Mahler Symphony Was To Really Work. We Had Three Or Four Weeks Of Rehearsal With The Orchestra, Every Day Eight Or Nine Hours, Putting The First Together. I Had Been Conducting Tchaikovsky A Lot And Beethoven, But Mahler Was Different.

I Set Out To Create A Means Whereby Music Could Be A Way Of Vindicating The Rights Of The Masses.

Music Is A Fundamental Human Right

My Relationship With The Philharmonia Orchestra Brought Me Many Times To London And I Will Always Reflect Positively On That Early Period Of Development With Them - Their Patience, Their Warmth, Their Dedication.