So, first you have to be able to play with a metronome. Then you take your freedom. If you play in an orchestra, you got to watch the conductor, he is like a metronome, but...

Well, rhythm is 90 percent of the interpretation.

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don’t just learn out of yourself.

A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people...

Colour does not make so much difference. Look at the Bach Chaconne: There is not one dynamic mark in the whole Bach Chaconne. Colours do not make so much difference.

A good interpreter can take a piece he doesn’t like but he should not play it like he does not like it. Her should play it like he likes it.

A specialist is someone who does everything else worse.

Every violinist has a different style, so it’s important to be able to recognise their styles. You don’t have to like everyone’s style but you have to know these styles.

It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that’s already high level. Those three are...