Conductor David Handel: "I always thought, why is an orchestra, the activity of making orchestral music, why is that so well received, absorbed and integrated in cultures around the world. In Tokyo there are more orchestras than any other city on earth. I think it's because the musicians themselves and the public, they understand that it's an idealised social paradigm. There's the structure: The conductor, the concertmaster, the principal players, then the section players. The protocols are observed form the time that they tune the orchestra to the time that you give the downbeat. Everybody has the same material but different parts. We begin, we have cadences, we have ups and downs and we all arrive in harmony. So it's a paradigm that almost anybody could appreciate wanting for the structure of society to work as sufficiently and harmoneously as an orchestra."

"Acclaimed on five continents for his passionate musical leadership and rare gift for energizing orchestras and audiences alike, David Handel is widely regarded as one of the most significant conductors of his generation."

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