I get nervous every time, for every single performance, before getting up on that stage.
Thia Megia
You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of... →
Julie Mehretu
I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time I see it as very... →
People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a... →
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
Zubin Mehta
I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people... →
In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian... →
New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.