And If You Are Strong Enough, Then

And If You Are Strong Enough, Then You Can Grow As A Conductor More And More.

I Can Go In Front Of An Orchestra. I Can Go In Front Of An Audience. But If You See Me Walking Through An Audience In The Reception Or Through A Lot Of People, I'm Still Shy.

Even My Family Laughed At Me Because They Thought This Young Guy Who's Always Stuttering In Front Of Other People Should Be In Front Of 100 Musicians And Talk To Them And Leading Them.

If You Go To Japan For Instance, You Should Know That They Have A Different Way Of Playing Beethoven Or Brahms. But If You Play With Them Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn, They Have A Wonderful Light Feeling For That.

As I Came To New York, It Was For Me A New Beginning. To Discover What People Are Living Here. What Do They Need, What Do They Expect, What Would They Like To Be The Image And The Performance Of The New York Philharmonic?