Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist.

I told him what I thought and he suddenly leapt into the air with joy, like a child: 'Also, wirklich, gut?' [So it was really good?]. Such a titan, and so unsure of himself.

I told him what I thought and he suddenly leapt into the air with joy, like a child: 'Also, wirklich, gut?' [So it was really good?]. Such a titan, and so unsure of himself.

I can't even touch another conductor's baton. The center of gravity, the feel of the handle, puts me totally off.

I'm not really a pianist.

She came at him and he put his hands up. He's a pianist and his hands are important to him.