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But but if I ask a question you don't want to answer simply said I don't want to discuss about five minutes no I'm not going to mention no. But musically I don't as you are a Christian do you. The symphony season is your seventh season. In what sense will this season be different. I think for me with the Boston Symphony the relation is much longer than 7 6 0 7 season but i first time I came to America was 1960 as a student to Tanglewood. The first time in my life I arrived with a post on the airport from Europe from Paris actually. And I still remember that scene from the plane announcement saying this is the coast of America I think it was Mame was very moving for me and then I arrived to

Boston. I'd like to go there was to go to Tanglewood. And one thousand sixty some. It's almost what 20 years ago. I spend seven weeks in Tanglewood school that was my first American life and that with the Boston Symphony and school you know summer school festival and then I became a director artistic director Tanglewood about 10 years ago now and then I became music director. So mighty nation was just focuses really very deep. This year for me it's very special because 99 season next year will be at we focus there will be a hundred years old. And I'm very happy. I've been very lucky. A guy musical director of this orchestra when you come a hundred years old started in you know a long time and then Great to be brought up and made a study of the Tanglewood met Maestro mujhe like my musical

father marriage and she told me and he brought me to this country. And then light my civilised of. My store Steinberg has an eye now and I'm the conductor the happened to be a hundred years old of August. And the country United States is 200 years old and a few more years. A few years ago the oldest is American orchestra. I'm talking a major focus of Boston Symphony Chicago Symphony Cleveland Philadelphia New York. Its level is so high we made it so quickly. What hundred was in a hundred years. You know that energy that an American orchestra or American audience because the audience wanted this kind of level. I think its very unique. People argue about just how where Boston ranks on the scale and the local critics dont think as well of you as some of the others how do you

feel about that. I think Boston Symphony is a tradition to audition a Boston Symphony. I'm not talking today yesterday but tradition over this many years. Very high. And now what do you I hear what we hear the voice of Symphony number is very high. Describe it. What is the strength of this orchestra. You know when you see the musician on stage with hundred musician on stage each person is musical ability musical knowledge musical. How do you say to additional knowledge. Its very high which is very very important thing. Very rich music and I think Boston Symphony's level. I you know we talk about Koussevitzky time is very high.

There was zero need you know how many. For instance there by example that to many many great piece of composition were commissioned by Boston Symphony and because of a hundred years in a new city coming up we researched the whole thing amazing. There's work to have a weakness every locus every person has some weakness too but otherwise it's not human. And Opus is like you know it's not the mechanical thing is a very much human thing. Some locus of power some color some discipline some you know I'm talking character like you know funny thing I may not be very good to explain this but if you go to the international airport in the airport the big airport like New York or Boston or Paris or London if you see one person standing

there you may not think this season which nationality but the fuse see bunch of people like you know 20 30 together. Pretty much what you find out what the nationalities react even before you hear one language and that's that's a character. So the symphony orchestra or the CD here or Symphony Orchestra obesity in Paris or London or Chicago or New York has a character and some character always lived together was weakness. I'm good seeing what the character of this orchestra I sing the Boston Symphony always had the character. How you say sensitivity sensitivity color and great musicianship. Musician means that they want to play music they wanted they could use another word. It's only become a little bit more professional talk but I hope you don't mind this sometimes ocus

you play every day some ocus have become like a job. You know work. That is a very dangerous thing in our life in our music. Music must be. We play music was pledge and always was a musical reason diesel somehow kept that beautifully. I think there's something to do really strongly was Koussevitzky or Tanglewood audience or Boston Symphony just at the most here in this building or audience or Boston is very much musical. Very how you say they come this hall and want to hear good music. I'm so proud of every single person. How big. In Boston if you take a taxi. Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Hall is like a Red Sox. And some city you go. Doesn't happen you know.

This is why I say the disco orchestra has a character of proudness to work making music and sensitivity color and musicianship that musicianship comes from those proud or training tradition and knowledge. I sing. We should be proud. Still because you have spoken to your Christer we read in the paper about your own rededication this year. What do you mean by that. I want to do reconfirm that this is my IMO. Now 44 years old and as a man as a man as a human body. Is getting old. But as a music director of great orchestra it's like a baby still and I wanted to make sure that everybody in my group knows that my main job my main musical life

is with the Boston Symphony. And because sometimes you know because we are playing demand or recordings company or demands have management that sometimes that's saying that I go to Europe I go or company in Europe. But at that time. And. Those sing very looks very fancy or something like that but my real main music life Major my work. He's in Boston and with this group and I just wanted to say to my group my feeling. And many people knew but I just wanted to confirm that sometimes it's important for me. You spoke of having an audience in Boston that's eager for good music. The critics have not been always so kind. In general do you feel that you in the symphony are appreciated in Boston.

Yes I am. I have a kind of field of thinking about the orchestra and like park a beautiful park. Never changed for many years. I mean a person may change because you know people get old but the conductor supposed to. We don't conduct a reasonable human being can't live long as a puck. So what do you say is. I try my best. Orchestra. He's a very rich musical thing is there. I try as my job is going to record on that. I come in. When I'm not good I have to go. You know that's all. All the history of music symphony music same. But if you talk about now. I hope I have a longer life.

But I cannot have been long along as a comma in Boston. Nobody has you know. My job is if I keep the beautiful orchestra Bo's'n symphony always up and up and up then I'm very happy. Before I die if I know that. I'm sure I know. Orcus of music life. Music is a very high level art. We tried every day or music is very hard at you if you're a pianist. If you play one next note that's wrong. Or if you play one here earlier it's wrong and some other art is not that kind of. Stiff. The limit is not that high. Had music life is very hard. So what we do is every

day technical or knowledge lights or you know all those feeling you must go up. Very high. We never used it. So we try and sometimes the critics good. Sometimes I mean every day I hope it's not that bad critic is good. Stimulators you know we challenge let's do better next time. The attitude of musician izing at least was me and the group always we want to go better. Sometimes we fail about is important thing is we want to better all the time and that our life and yours. Of course the newspaper to me I have a very strong feeling about newspapers. Newspaper critics or review or article very important that that will be the bridge between

us and between us. Between us and audience. Not necessary come to this hall it would means possible audience for future. Many many people in this area. They read an article where view Google but they read and then they have a bridge between us and for them this is very important for me and. Of course a good review will help more. But the paper itself it's important to us. Thank you very much. I do. And if you look this is. Just a short little.

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We're just going to record these questions you spoke to your sister in Salzburg. Your own players about a new commitment on your part this season what do you mean by that. And what is the character of this orchestra now. You spoke of having a Boston audience that comes eager for music. Sometimes the critics haven't been so kind in general. Does Boston appreciate its orchestra.