With An Orchestra You Are Building Citizens,

When People Feel That Something Really Special Is Happening On The Stage, Things Change.

It's Not That People Don't Like Classical Music. It's That They Don't Have The Chance To Understand And To Experience It.

I Love To Read Different Books On Completely Different Subjects At The Same Time. I Cannot Focus On One. I Read A Few Pages Of Literature, Then I Jump To Philosophy And At The Same Time I'm Reading Biographies Of Mahler.

My Material Life Is Simple.

For Me, Venezuela Is Very Important, Not Just Because It's A Place I Go To Conduct, But Because My Family Is There - My Wife, My Parents And My Musical Family.