Osmo Vänskä

What somebody's playing is some kind of product. behind the instrument. It's a complicated situation because I really need to get the result that I want, the players are not happy, they aren't playing so well. The biggest challenge for me to motivate. I'm Osmo Vanska, of the Minnesota Orchestra. 5th Symphony plays call me is rehearsing, the orchestra. from the musicians, they might say that I'm demanding. put things together. is playing together, it sounds better. to play at the same pace, and I say this because sometimes people might be playing the same symphony, versions of that, and I am very, very happy if I can hear in a concert one version, or my heart. often, as very physical. the same piece, be able to see how to play. I'm a clarinetist, like I'm a musician. I started in Finland with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, '85, as a principal guest, and then I started as a music director. Since 2003, I've been with the Minnesota Orchestra. place for art in the U.S. compare this place to many places in Europe. They care of culture here, and it means something. it is my home. One part of the conductor's life is to guest conduct, all over the world. strange to speak about music. it's saying more than 500 words. and so obviously Sibelius or his music. I have recorded a whole cycle of symphonies of Beethoven. since I was a small boy. A good piece of music is always connected to life. We would like to dedicate tonight's concert to the people of Japan. our emotional feelings. the same piece, my feelings might be different than the last time. have to play always better than the previous one. That's the only thing I have had in my mind when I arrived here, what I know as a conductor, and better way for music to speak to us. loud applause