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Interviews, Yuval Zaliouk:

"You see, people always want to hear the great classics; it's very obvious. When you go to the Toledo Museum the first room you run to is not the modern paintings, but the Renoirs and the Degas, and so on. People tend to forget, that at the time that those famous classic people worked, they were modern. It's the same with music. Beethoven today is considered the great classic. But in his time, if you read some of the critiques, you would not believe; that's the point. The point is, people do not perceive modern composers as classics."

"My program philosophy contains one thing which is imperative. Every program should contain one, at least, unknown piece, or lesser known piece. When I say an unknown piece, I don't mean necessarily a 20th century piece; I mean any unknown piece. It can be one of Haydn's 104 symphonies; not necessarily 20th century. I believe the orchestra must persist in introducing new and unknown pieces to the audience.

In addition to that, my second rule is to try to introduce, as much as possible, American music; after all, we are an American orchestra, and to introduce American artists. By this we serve the country in which we are. I have done this in all my previous engagements as music director, to boost the local community, in the small sense, and the bigger sense."

"The communicative power of music is something beyond your imagination. It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not. If you look at a beautiful view, you don't have to be a geologist and know what the mountain is made of. The view itself is the beauty, and it is the same with music. Don't say, "I don't understand music." Listen and enjoy. You don't have to understand it."

"What I want to do is increase our circle of listeners as much as possible. I want to see people knocking on the doors and dying to get in."

Interview, Susan Zaliouk:

"He's got tremendous enthusiasm for everything he does... And as far as work is concerned, he projects that enthusiasm on everybody he meets, so everybody gets caught up in it."