“To have a life in music is the most beautiful life I could imagine,” says James Levine, who is considered by many critics to be America’s greatest living conductor.
Music has always been the center of Levine’s life. He was playing Mozart at the age of four. As a young man, he took up the baton at the Metropolitan Opera, and over the next three decades turned it into the formidable institution it is today.
Now he stands on the podium of another American cultural jewel: the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Levine says he plans to continue to bring beloved classical works to life, while also introducing some of the less well-known modern masters.
Guests:
James Levine, 14th Musical Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.