The concert hall is the instrument of the orchestra. We're a producing institution. We build what we make.

The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox.

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record.

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record.

We want to make the orchestra more accessible to people who have never been to see a live concert to come and experience one of the best orchestras in North America.

For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.