From Fabio Luisi:
It is not a question of age, but a question of health. Maestro Blomstedt is the perfect example. I would like to remember my teacher, Milan Horvat: he was no star, but a serious, no-nonsense, knowledgeable, old-fashioned maestro. Please watch this video. In it (2006), he is 87, conducts Bruckner’s 8th Symphony by heart, and his eyes (and his hands) speak music, demanding the attention of the musicians. He could no longer walk properly, but he could still conduct – I wish many of today’s conductors, decades younger, could act with such focus, precision, and gestural effectiveness.
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