Dedication Quote by Gustavo Dudamel

The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my…

— Laura Mvula

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

— Cecilia Bartoli

I first heard Mahler's second symphony aged 11 in Liverpool, and it inspired me to become a conductor.

— Simon Rattle

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

— Andris Nelsons

I think that the pivotal point of me in terms of the choral stuff is that I was involved in this provincial choir at…

— Devin Townsend

I was brought up on choirs and brass bands. They formed the music of my childhood. When I heard the Treorchy Male Choir at…

— Michael Parkinson

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest

— James Levine

I had a lot of luck in meeting great musicians who were kind enough to show me things.

— Ry Cooder

I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting…

— Gunther Schuller

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me.

— David Ogden Stiers