so i was lucky, 30 days later, i received the permission. one thing that amazes me about you is the degree to which you, over the years working in these different countries and working with different orchestras, from the united states to france to germany to the czech republic, you say that you have an attitude almost like an actor who immerses themselves in a culture before they feel able to tell a story and interpret. what do you mean by this immersion? do you literally mean you have to speak the language, you have to go deep into culture before you re prepared to conduct the music? it s really fascinating what the nature of artistic creations is. imagine that in this country, let s say shakespeare. the czechs will have smetana, dvorak. the russians will have a tchaikovsky, stravinsky, pushkin, etc, etc. everybody will have their own that represent not just their culture. they make the culture
The music festival welcomes the return of full choirs and orchestras after two years. A musical fairy tale by Dvorak and a choral symphony by Mendelssohn symbolize hope for Ukraine.
the czechs will have smetana, dvorak. the russians will have a tchaikovsky, stravinsky, pushkin, etc, etc. everybody will have their own that represent not just their culture. they make the culture which is born from the nation itself, from its character, from its way of expressing itself because. so the question is, are outsiders qualified, in your view, to interpret? yes, yes, but one has to make that effort, that is the important thing. and how far do you go in that effort? i think that i am right in saying you speak five languages, is language a very important part of it? language is important for communication in the case of music, musicians. if one is not able to verbally formulate what one feels or thinks about a specific expression here or there,
so i was lucky, 30 days later i received the permission. one thing that amazes me about you is the degree to which you, over the years working in these different countries and working with different orchestras, from the united states to france to germany to the czech republic, you say that you have an attitude almost like an actor who immerses themselves in a culture before they feel able to tell a story and interpret. what do you mean by this emersion? do you literally mean you have to speak the language, you have to go deep into culture before you prepared to conduct the music? it s really fascinating what the nature of artistic creations is. imagine that in this country, let s say shakespeare. the czechs will have smetana, dvorak. the russians will have a tchaikovsky, stravinsky, pushkin, etc, etc. everybody