Teaching is really very, very important. I always tell my students that you should find an opportunity to teach. When you teach others, you teach yourself.

I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself.

I always find Bach to be an expression of a love of life. There's an enthusiasm that's absolutely contagious.

The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That's when I find it to be the most challenging.