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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.

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I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too.

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There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.

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It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.

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I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.

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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

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Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.

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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.

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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Musician

Born: April 29th, 1936

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