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  A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.

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• Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.

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• It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.

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• What’s interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent.

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• The invisible dilemma is that men face the very real problem that they don’t feel comfortable bringing these issues up and they tend not to be acknowledged at work.

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• It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is – like Verdi said – working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra’s collective qualities emerge.

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• At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.

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• I think this orchestra’s strengths involve drama and voice.

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• There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.

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• You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.

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• But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

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• I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.

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• And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.

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• It’s just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.

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• Women tend to have recognition and peer group support – recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They’re more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.

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• So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working and caring for stuff at home, the total number of hours is actually about the same for mothers and fathers.

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• I thought I’d write one book and the world would change overnight.

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• They’ve really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home.

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• We’re in the midst of an evolution, not a revolution.

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• And, over the last thirty years we have seen men’s participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women’s have stayed at about the same.

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James Levine (46)

Birth:	23rd June, 1943
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Conductor, Pianist

About

James Lawrence Levine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is an American conductor and pianist. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 1964 and joined the American Conductors project connected with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is primarily known for his tenure as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, a position he held for 40 years. He has also held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1980, he started the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program and often works to train promising singers, conductors, and musicians for professional careers.

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