Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behaviour and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.