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Latvian - Composer Born: November 18, 1978

Being appointed as the next Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester is a completely overwhelming honour. This extraordinary orchestra and its wonderful musicians are unique in so many respects, and particularly in their creation of an exceptional sound world based on outstanding tradition that is, at its heart, inspirational.

Inspirational Heart Tradition World

When you have a great car, you want people to see the car.

Car You People Great

All of us in the field must remain constantly vigilant and fight against all types of inappropriate and hurtful behavior and continue the essential work of creating a fair and safe work environment for all classical musicians.

Work Fight Behavior Musicians

You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.

You Great Result Orchestra

I really think that the music is the food for our souls.

Music Food Think Really

I think music can change your life.

Life Music Change Think

Bernstein was everywhere - Vienna, London - and everyone admired him. Of course he loved Boston, and he did so many great things at Tanglewood. He was the best example of what a conductor should be.

Best Great Loved Everyone

Music is something so mystical, so unexplainably a thing you cannot put in the rules or boundaries, you know? It speaks about our feelings about questions of life and death. It goes absolutely beyond any kind of rules.

Life Music Death You

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.

Work Family Music Health

I see, in this life, the hardship many suffer. I see the joy that music can give. How we deal with all this is part of a preparation for the next life.

Life Music Joy Preparation

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I know that Boston is one of the great centers of intellectual culture as well as sport. It's one of the centers of America, with a great orchestra, great sports, great hospitals, and great universities.

Sports Culture Great Know

For me, the main goal is loving music and experiencing the great music-making with the orchestra, which is the great reason why I conduct, and that is the main goal.

Music Me Great Loving

Music is such an important part of society, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offers such great quality, and we just want to share it.

Music Quality Society Great

Music is something you can't really put in terms like in a sport, like running or football - that you win if you score more. In music, there's nothing like that.

Music Football You Win

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.

God Believe Sometimes Think

Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.

Music You Language Understand

Music is a universal thing with no boundaries, whether you play inside or outside.

Music You Play Inside

I'm thankful to Deutsche Grammophon, our partners - we are going to record the complete Shostakovich symphonies and hopefully some other things as well.

Thankful Things Some Well

I'm very proud of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Proud Orchestra Boston Very

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

Me Great Tradition Want

As a trumpet player, I was playing Xenakis, Lindberg: very challenging, technical, atonal, and I enjoyed it.

Playing Enjoyed Trumpet Technical

People talk very much about, 'What can we do with the orchestra in the 21st century?' We should think about the 21st century, of course.

People Think Talk About

Every week we have a concert, what we are performing is my favorite music in the world.

Music World Concert Week

I think it's very important to be part of the Boston society and the people who live in Boston.

People Society Think Live

I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.

Looking Looking Forward Doing Say

The two most important things is, one, the music in my life, and the family. It's somehow connected because music is about human beings, about love, about hate, about everything that happens in life.

Life Love Family Music

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