Classical Music In Venezuela Is Now Something

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.

I Have Eaten Very Well In Los Angeles. Marvelously!

I Studied Music Since I Was Four Years Old, And From That Moment I Became Part Of A Family. And That Family Has Taught Me Things; Not Only Musical Things, But Things I Have To Face In Life, And That Is Where The Success Of The System Lies

Going To A Concert Can Sometimes Be Very Difficult. It Can Be A Long Journey. There's The Ticket Prices. But When The Music Goes To The Community - Not The Community Coming To The Concert - They Say, 'wow! I Didn't Know That This Music Was So Amazing!

For Me To Rehearse With A Children's Orchestra A Mahler Symphony Was To Really Work. We Had Three Or Four Weeks Of Rehearsal With The Orchestra, Every Day Eight Or Nine Hours, Putting The First Together. I Had Been Conducting Tchaikovsky A Lot And Beethoven, But Mahler Was Different.