An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.
I've done shows with orchestras, and I like writing with orchestras.
I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra.
Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.
I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to something you're hearing.
Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.
Orchestras seem content to be museums now, even as they wring their hands about dropping subscription sales and graying listeners.
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
