A big city can be a mass of people in conflict - you have to develop a sense of relationship,

This is a city where you can go from Bernini to Michelangelo to Julius Caesar to Meier. This is what we want to protect, Rome's double identity. The city as a rigorous protector of its past but also driven towards the future.

This is proof that we want to be known as the city of acceptance. I think these sorts of things mark the civilization of a city; they make it human. They build a sense of community and solidarity.

That's just not true any longer. Now we have the opposite problem. Rome is a global player. The city is taking a leadership role when you think of happening cities.

We won't see any more of these unending lines of people who, regardless of the weather conditions, wait on line for hours.

We think it is a very nice way to further develop our relationship with their orchestra and their city.