I Like Coming To The United States

You Know Creators, Composers, Need A Palette For Life, A Color For Life.

Baalbek Is So Beautiful. It Is The Heart Of Beauty In The Middle East - I Want To Embrace These People With My Music. I Will Try So Hard For Them. Their President Is A Christian, Their Prime Minister Is A Muslim. Music Is For Everyone.

Now I Want To Use Money In A Good Way. I Make Foundations Back Home In Russia, I Have Sponsored Vaccinations For More Than One Million Children In My Homeland And I Have Founded Scholarships In The Names Of My Great Russian Compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev And Schnittke.

You Must Play For The Love Of Music. Perfect Technique Is Not As Important As Making Music From The Heart.

I Played With The Best Conductors Of The World.