Although Both Sides Of My Family Were

I Was Born And Trained To Communicate Music, Just As The Sons Were Born And Trained To Hunt, And I Was Lucky To Have Grown Up In Hungary, A Country That Lives And Breathes Music-that Has A Passionate Belief In The Power Of Music As A Celebration Of Life.

I Would Never Have Become Music Director Of The Chicago Symphony, Which Would Have Been An Extremely Sad Loss.

Friends Are Very Important To Me, And I Have Always Had Many Of Them. There Are Probably Many Reasons Why This Is So, But Two Seem To Me More Valid Than Any Of The Others I Am A Naturally Friendly Person, And I Hate To Be Alone.

My Entire Learning Process Is Slow, Because I Have No Visual Memory.

During The First Six Years Of My Life, Hungary Was One Of The Most Important Components Of The Habsburg Dynasty's Vast Austro-hungarian Empire, But After World War I It Became An Independent National Entity.