Andris Nelsons Quotes
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I think first thing and the most important thing, for me, is that Boston becomes my musical home, my musical family.
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Though involvement in music and the arts can't cure all the ills of society, I do believe that the inspiration they provide has the potential to help us reflect, at times, on the better angels of our natures.
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I'm very proud of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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We can understand each other with music without words - and that's so important in these times when walls are built. In music, there are no walls.
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I'm thankful to Deutsche Grammophon, our partners - we are going to record the complete Shostakovich symphonies and hopefully some other things as well.
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Some people will always gossip.
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To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy.
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I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston.
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I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.
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I think touring is an important part of the life of an orchestra. Not only sharing with other audiences, but bringing that sense of family that you get back home. The sense of growing deeper into the music, of making it all sound like chamber music - that comes from being together on tour.
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It's a dream to be its conductor. Sometimes I think, 'My God, I can't believe it.' It's a dream which came true.
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You must take care of your family, respect the music, and work intensely. Health and family come first, and then you can make much better music.
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Birmingham did a truly remarkable thing in building Symphony Hall, which is the finest concert hall in the U.K. and one of the best in the world. The city has supported music without putting on the brakes.
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When you have a great car, you want people to see the car.
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Music is such an important part of society, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offers such great quality, and we just want to share it.
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You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.
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The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.
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I think 'Rheingold' has symbolic meaning of what happens in the world when you're running after the Rhine gold, after the gold. It doesn't end very well. It's kind of a reminder of the values of life, and I think 'The Ring,' in a way, is kind of a prediction of Wagner of what would happen in the world.
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The Boston Symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and has such a great tradition - which I want to cherish, of course, and to learn from and to continue and to add whatever I can add.
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Anyone who loves football can also be involved in music; the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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On stage, I'm always nervous, but there is so much adrenalin, too. It's strange because I have to turn my back on the audience, and my audience is the orchestra. I communicate my energy to them, and they communicate it to the audience behind me!
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When I was younger, I wanted very much to play football.
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As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it.
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As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else.