When An Artist Works Today Or Whenever,

There Is More Openness In La To Possibilities Than On The East Coast Of America. There Is A Pioneering Spirit There That Stems From The Reason People Went Out There In The First Place-to Find Something New.

Every Orchestra I Know, Every Opera House I Know, Is Desperately Looking Around Trying To Find New Talent, New Composing Talent, Supporting Young Composers, Supporting New Ideas, Supporting New Ways Of Getting The Message Across.

The Act Of Conducting In Itself, Of Waving My Arms In The Air And Being In Charge, I Didn't Miss. I Missed The Sensual Pleasure Of Being In Contact With Music.

Conducting Is Intensely Social. You Work With A Hundred People Every Day. You Collaborate, You Try To Focus Their Thoughts, You Try To Give Them A Concept, You Try To Inspire Them, And It's Actually Exhausting.

I Think We Are In The Process Of Getting The Word Out, And We Haven't Done Very Well Yet. But We Are Trying.