
Iran conflict; ASU Community service; Renowned pianist
Season 2026 Episode 41 | 22m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Conflict in Iran continues; ASU volunteers at Westward Ho; Renowned pianist holds concert in Arizona
The U.S. and Israel launched an airstrike attack on Iran that killed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as well as members of his cabinet; The ASU Community Collaborative is a student-run clinic and community center located on the first floor of the Westward Ho, and provides residents with a wide range of assistance; Renowned Korean pianist Gile Bae will play two recitals in Arizona.
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Iran conflict; ASU Community service; Renowned pianist
Season 2026 Episode 41 | 22m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
The U.S. and Israel launched an airstrike attack on Iran that killed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as well as members of his cabinet; The ASU Community Collaborative is a student-run clinic and community center located on the first floor of the Westward Ho, and provides residents with a wide range of assistance; Renowned Korean pianist Gile Bae will play two recitals in Arizona.
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CHRISTINA: COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," THE LATEST ON THE U.S.
MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN AS AMERICAN FORCES SUFFER CASUALTIES AS THE CONFLICT SPREADS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST.
>>> AND SENIORS SHARE INFORMATION ON WELLNESS, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
>>> AND AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CLASSICAL PIANIST COMES TO ARIZONA TO SHARE HER TALENT.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."
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CHRISTINA: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."
I'M CHRISTINA ESTES IN FOR TED SIMONS.
THE U.S.
WAR ON IRAN BEGAN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH JOINT ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES THAT KILLED IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER.
THE CONFLICT IS SPREADING ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AS IRAN AND ITS PROXIES LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S.
ALLIES IN THE REGION.
SIX U.S.
SERVICEMEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AND 18 OTHERS WOUNDED IN A MILITARY CAMPAIGN THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS COULD LAST WEEKS.
>>> JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS HOW THIS CONFLICT IS UNFOLDING IS DANIEL ROTHENBERG, CO-DIRECTOR FOR THE INITIATIVE AT ASU, PROFESSOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S START WITH WHY THIS HAPPENED?
WHY DID THE U.S.
STRIKE IRAN?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.
YOU ASK A GREAT QUESTION.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW.
BY, THAT I MEAN, IT HASN'T BEEN MADE CLEAR BY THE ADMINISTRATION EXACTLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAR IS.
WE HEARD IT'S TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR IRAN TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WE'VE HEARD IT'S TO PROTECT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND POPULAR PROTESTS AGAINST THE REGIMES.
WE HEARD IT'S TO TAKE OUT THE BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS.
WENT TO KNOW AND SHOULD HAVE A CLEARER IDEA WHAT IS THE PURPOSE.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE THINKS THIS WAR WILL LAST FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX U.S.
SERVICEMEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PUBLIC -- I DON'T THINK APPETITE IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL THINK ABOUT A LONGER WAR?
>> WELL, THE POLLING SO FAR SUGGESTS THAT AMERICANS ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF A WAR WITH IRAN, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT PAST THAT POINT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S FORTUNATE LOOK AT WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE WAR?
SO THIS WAS A -- A PREVENTIVE WAR, A WAR OF CHOICE.
IT WASN'T REALLY A PREEMPTIVE WAR, WASN'T AS IF THERE WAS AN IMMINENT THREAT PRESENTED BY IRAN WHEREAS THE U.S.
RESPONDED OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE.
WE'RE AT A VERY DIFFERENT SITUATION HERE AND I THINK AMERICANS GIVEN THE POSITION OF WAR CHOICE, THE ADMINISTRATION TO ATTACK WHEN IT DID, WE SHOULD HEAR GREATER CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, AND I THINK AMERICANS WOULD RATHER RALLY BEHIND A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF A REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE WAR, AND I THINK JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
I THINK THERE WILL BE GREAT OPPOSITION TO A WAR THAT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE THAT ISN'T CLEARLY COMMUNICATED.
CHRISTINA: WE HEARD OPPOSITION FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THEY WILL DO?
>> INTERESTING QUESTION.
IN THE CONSTITUTION, CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR.
WE ALSO HAVE THE WAR POWERS ACT UNDER U.S.
DOMESTIC LAW WHERE THE PRESIDENT CAN INITIATE A CONFLICT OF THIS KIND AND A PROCESS WHERE BY CONGRESS CAN TERMINATE THE OPERATIONS IN A 60- OR 90-DAY WINDOW.
IT'S FAIR TO SAY THERE OUGHT TO BE BACK AND FORTH WHERE THE EXECUTIVE PRESENTS CLARITY AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAR TO CONGRESS, AND THEN WE HEAR A RESPONSE, AND I WOULD ADD THAT WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND THE TEST OF HOW THINGS PLAY OUT IN A DEMOCRACY IS NOT JUST THE OUTCOME, THAT'S TO SAY WHAT HAPPENS IN IRAN AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
IT'S ALSO A PROCESS, AND TO ENGAGE CLEARLY WITH THE PROCESS, WE WILL DO GREAT DAMAGE WITH THE WORLD AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC RESPONDS TO THE EFFORTS.
CHRISTINA: I'D LIKE TO YOU WEIGH IN ON SOME COMMENTS THAT THE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAID.
HE SAID THIS WON'T BE A, QUOTE, POLITICALLY CORRUPT WAR, WITH, QUOTE, STUPID RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
AS SOMEONE WHO STUDIED CIVILIAN HARM AND MILITARY CONTACT, WHAT DOES THIS SIGNAL TO YOU?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WELL, SECRETARY HEGSETH IS CERTAINLY RIGHT, THERE SHOULDN'T BE STUPID RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT RULES OF ENGAGEMENT PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE GROUND TO MANAGE THE USE OF FORCE.
THERE'S A WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO THE U.S.
MILITARY, IT'S CLEAR IN MILITARY TRAINING, DOMESTIC LAW THAT CIVILIANS SHOULD BE PROTECTED IN CONFLICT.
LET'S SAY THESE ARE RHETORICAL JABS AT THE REGIME AND NOT REALLY MILITARY POLICY.
MILITARY POLICY ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
MILITARY, ADHERE TO THE RULES, PROPER MANAGEMENT OF FORCE AND TO PROTECT CIVILIANS.
CHRISTINA: I MENTIONED HAVE YOU STUDIED CIVILIAN HARM AND MILITARY CONDUCT EXTENSIVELY.
WHAT WITH THE CIVILIAN COSTS OF IRAN, WHAT HAVE WE SEEN NOW AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL COME?
>> THIS IS HARD TO SAY.
IT'S SO FAR BEEN FAIRLY TARGETED STRIKES.
THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT WAS HIT THAT HAD CIVILIAN CASUALTIES THAT'S BEEN PRETTY WELL REPORTED ON.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CONFLICT OF THIS KIND IS ESCALATION.
WE'VE SEEN A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RESPONSE BY IRAN TARGETING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, NINE COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN HIT.
THERE HAVE BEEN CASUALTIES IN A NUMBER OF THEM.
IF THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THIS GOING FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS OR SOME UNCLEAR TIME PERIOD, IT WILL LIKELY BE MORE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.
BUT I THINK IT JUST ISN'T CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, SOMETIMES CIVILIANS ARE KILLED IN WAR, IT'S WHAT IS THE POINT AND PURPOSE AND FOCUS OF THE WAR?
THE EVALUATION OF CIVILIAN HARM IN CONFLICT.
BOTH LEGALLY BUT ALSO MORALLY MOST VIEWERS COULD UNDERSTAND, HAS TO DO WITH THE SENSE OF NECESSITY, THE PURPOSE.
THE IDEA THAT WAR SHOULD BE REALLY THE LAST OPTION, AND IF THE SITUATION IS SO DIRE, WHERE IF U.S.
NATIONAL SECURITY SO SEVERELY POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY SOMETHING IRAN IS DOING, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THAT IS, AND WITH THAT CALCULUS, AMERICANS WOULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CONFLICT, AND REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE.
IF THERE'S NO REAL PURPOSE AND CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE U.S.
IS DOING, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL BE SUPPORTIVE.
CHRISTINA: SOUNDS LIKE YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEARER MESSAGE.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK WE WILL HEAR IN THE NEXT 24, 48 HOURS?
>> NO.
I MEAN WE DON'T KNOW, OF COURSE, BUT I THINK CLARITY OF PURPOSE IS NOT REALLY THE HALLMARK OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
ONE OF THE REASONS NOT TO BE CLEAR IS YOU IS ALWAYS DECLARE VICTORY IF YOU ARE NOT CLEAR AS TO THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THE OPERATION IS.
BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT SORT OF USE OF MILITARY FORCE.
REALLY EXTRAORDINARY IN MILITARY SUCCESS SO FAR, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE WAR TAUGHT AMERICANS, WE DON'T EVALUATE THE WARS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY CAPACITY OF U.S.
MILITARY, THE QUESTION OF POLITICS, WHAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND AND HOW THAT REFLECTS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY AND LIFE BACK AT HOME.
CHRISTINA: PROFESSOR DANIEL ROTHENBERG, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT.
CO-DIRECTOR OF FUTURE SECURITY INITIATIVE AT ASU.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASURE.
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CHRISTINA: TONIGHT IS PART OF OUR MONTHLY AARP SPONSOR SEGMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OLDER ADULTS IN ARIZONA.
WE'RE CHECK IN WITH COLLABORATIVE, A STUDENT RUN COMMUNITY IN THE WESTWARD HO IN PHOENIX.
JOINING US NOW IS STACEY GANDY, THE COORDINATOR OF THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE AND DIRECTOR OF ASU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
WE SAW BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF THE EXTERIOR OF WESTWARD HO, WHAT'S THE THEME FOR INSIDE?
TALKING ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> THE INSIDE IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CEILING IN THE LOBBY WITH PILLARS THAT, BACK IN THE DAY, WERE ADORNED WITH GOLD PAINT AND BEAUTIFUL, SO THEY LEFT AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITHIN REASON.
BEAUTIFUL CHANDELIER.
SO YEAH, THERE'S JUST A FEELING OF YOU DEFINITELY GET THE HISTORIC, REGAL FEELING INSIDE THE LOBBY.
CHRISTINA: AND TALK ABOUT WHO'S COMING IN THE BUILDING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING?
>> SO IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS, YEAH, IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS, WE HAVE SOCIAL WORK, NURSING, NUTRITION, PROGRAM PLANNING, MUSIC THERAPY.
A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES THAT PRACTICE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN CLASSES AND PROVIDE -- PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING AT THE WESTWARD HO.
CHRISTINA: YOU ARE SERVING ABOUT 300 RESIDENTS, MOST OR ARE LOWER INCOME.
WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING OR OVERLOOKED NEEDS THAT ASU STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH?
>> I GUESS THE BIGGEST NEED REGARDLESS WHAT DISCIPLINE STUDENTS ARE FROM IS SOCIAL ISOLATION.
SO WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION, DISCONNECTEDNESS IS A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE NOW, AND WE'VE KNOWN THAT WITH OLDER ADULTS, NOT ALL OLDER ADULTS BUT SIGNIFICANTLY OLDER ADULTS IN -- WITH LOW-INCOME, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOCIAL ISOLATION THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND SO WE TALK ABOUT WHATEVER SERVICE YOU'RE PROVIDING, REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS TO CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HELP THEM TO FEEL SEEN AND HEARD.
CHRISTINA: IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS, HAVE YOU NURSING STUDENTS, NUTRITION STUDENTS, RECREATION THERAPY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU COORDINATE ALL OF THAT UNDER ONE ROOF?
>> YES, OUR SPACE WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICE IS VERY SMALL.
WE TRY TO BE CREATIVE HOW AND WHERE WE DO THAT.
THE WESTWARD HO ALLOWS US TO USE THE BALLROOM WHICH ALLOWS SPACE FOR BIGGER EVENTS AND TRY TO SPACE OUT SERVICES AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND USE THE CONCHO ROOM, THE HISTORIC LOUNGE BACK IN THE DAY.
CHRISTINA: THAT BRINGS WONDERFUL IMAGES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION.
LOUNGE AND THE HISTORY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE STUDENTS WALK AWAY FROM AFTER THEIR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS AT THE WESTWARD HO?
>> ONE OF OUR GOALS IS, WE KNOW THE POPULATION OF OLDER ADULTS IS GROWING RAPIDLY.
WE ALSO KNOW THOSE GOING INTO WORK WITH OLDER ADULTS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE DECREASING.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS.
THEY MAY DECIDE THAT IS AN AREA THEY WANT TO SPECIALIZE IN, OR WE KNOW THAT IF THEY DON'T SPECIALIZE IN THE AREA, THEY'LL COME ACROSS OLDER ADULTS IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.
JUST TO GAIN THAT EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS AND BEING MORE FAMILIAR WITH OLDER ADULTS.
CHRISTINA: HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE OLDER ADULTS AND APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER.
HOW DO YOU THINK RESIDENTS ARE TAKING THIS COLLABORATIVE?
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OR HEARD?
>> THE RESIDENTS LOVE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE COLLABORATIVE HAS BECOME SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN THE RESIDENT'S LIFE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE ON BREAKS BECAUSE WE ARE STUDENT RUN, WHEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE ON SPRING BREAK OR OTHER BREAKS, WINTER BREAK, WE ARE OPEN FOR SUMMER, BUT ON WINTER BREAK ESPECIALLY, THE RESIDENTS TELL US HOW MUCH THEY MISSED US, AND MISSED OUR SERVICES AND HOW THEY LIMITED WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
CHRISTINA: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A FABULOUS AND CERTAINLY MUCH NEEDED AND BENEFITTING STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS.
STACEY GANDY WITH THE ASU COLLABORATIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU.
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CHRISTINA: CONCERT PIANIST GHEEL BAY HAS GRACED US HOLDING RECITALS AND TEACHING MASTER CLASS AT ASU'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO GHEEL BAY IN THIS PERFORMANCE.
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CHRISTINA: MY GOODNESS.
FIRST LET'S WELCOME HER BEFORE I START TALKING TO HER.
GHEEL BAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
CHRISTINA: YOU WERE FIVE YEARS OLD, YOU HAD YOUR FIRST SOLO RECITAL AT FIVE YEARS OLD.
I WAS LEARNING TO READ AND TAKING NAPS IN KINDERGARTEN.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT BEING FIVE YEARS OLD AND HAVING A SOLO RECITAL?
>> I HAD A VERY GOOD TEACHER IN THE NETHERLANDS, THAT WAS MY FORTUNE, WE STARTED IMMEDIATELY PLAYING ADAGIOS AND MINUETS INSTEAD OF TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR.
CHRISTINA: THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING.
>> I HAD A VERY GOOD BASE, AND I REMEMBER GOING TO SOUTH KOREA.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO SOUTH KOREA BEFORE, AND MY PARENTS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH KOREA, AND MY TEACHER CAME WITH ME, AND WE WERE WALKING AROUND, IT WAS A VERY BIG HALL, FOR 2,000 PEOPLE, SO AT THAT TIME WHEN I WAS FIVE, I LOOKED IN THE HALL AND SEEMED LIKE ENORMOUS, AND I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE PUBLIC WITH MY TEACHER AND I TOLD HER, YOU HAVE TO SIT AT A CERTAIN PLACE, LET'S SAY ROW 3, SEAT NUMBER 15.
WHEN I CAME ON STAGE DURING THE CONCERT, I LOOKED EXACTLY WHERE THE TEACHER WAS, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT FELT LIKE A PLAYGROUND, AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN, I REMEMBER.
CHRISTINA: THAT IS NOT THE PLAYGROUND I HAD AT FIVE.
YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE BORN TO KOREAN PARENTS.
YOU WERE BORN IN THE NETHERLANDS TO KOREAN PARENTS.
YOU TRAINED AT A DUTCH CONSERVATORY, YOU CONTINUED STUDYING IN ITALY.
YOU PERFORMED ACROSS THE WORLD.
WAS THAT YOUR INTENTION, TO BE THIS BIG INTERNATIONAL STAR?
>> WELL, IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION SPECIFICALLY.
MY INTENTION WAS TO BE A CONCERT PIANIST, BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
I LOVE TO PLAY MUSIC, I COME FROM MUSICAL FAMILY, I STARTED WHEN I WAS FOUR WITH THE VIOLIN, AND I MOVED TO THE PIANO BECAUSE I WANTED TO PLAY WITH MY MOTHER, AND WE COULD PLAY A DUO.
MY GOAL WAS NEVER TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OR MOST REQUESTED ARTISTS, BUT I LOVE TO DO -- I LOVE TO PLAY, I LOVE TO PRACTICE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ALL MY LIFE I HAD NO IDEA AT THE BEGINNING, AND CERTAINLY I WAS ON THE STREET TO BECOME A CONCERT PIANIST, AND IT CONTINUED.
CHRISTINA: YOU ARE ALSO A MASTER CLASS EDUCATOR.
YOU ARE TEACHING A LOT OF STUDENTS.
YOU WERE HERE CONDUCTING A MASTER CLASS AT ASU AND YOU TAUGHT STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU NOTICE ABOUT STUDENTS OR CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU TELL THEM ALL SORT OF UNIVERSAL, OR DOES IT VARY?
>> I HAD A VERY GOOD BASICS, AS I TOLD YOU, AND ALSO MY TIME IN ITALY HAS BEEN VERY USEFUL, AND I LEARNED A LOT, AND ESPECIALLY I LEARNED HOW TO PROJECT.
SO MOST OF THE TIME, MY STUDENTS, WHEREVER THEY ARE IN ASIA OR SOUTH AMERICA OR HERE IN PHOENIX, I GIVE THEM THE BASICS, WHICH THEY APPLY ALSO OTHER PIECES.
SO WHEN THEY'RE AT HOME, AND THERE'S NO TEACHER AROUND TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO, AND HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN A CERTAIN PASSAGE, I TRY TO GIVE THEM THE BASICS THAT THEY CAN APPLY EVERYWHERE.
I LEARNED, I LEARNED A LOT BY TEACHING.
I LEARN MORE BY TEACHING THAN WHEN I AM AT HOME PRACTICING.
CHRISTINA: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WELL, SOMETIMES YOU -- WHEN YOU ARE PRACTICING ALONE AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONCERTS COMING UP AND YOU ARE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN PIECES, YOU FORGET THE BASIC, AND YOU FORGET CERTAIN THINGS THAT TEACHING HELPS YOU REMIND.
>> THE BASICS, AS YOU SAID, ARE ALWAYS GOOD.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR PERCEPTION ON AUDIENCES WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSICAL MUSIC.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP STATISTICS AND DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE, IT'S EITHER REALLY AWFUL AND EVERYBODY IS DYING OR NOBODY IS COMING OR GREAT GROWTH WITH YOUNGER AUDIENCES, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> I SEE THERE IS A BIG POTENTIAL, AND I THINK IN THIS MOMENT, THE PARENTS WERE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE MY AGE, HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH, NOT TEACH BUT, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEIR KIDS FAMILIAR WITH CLASSICAL MUSIC BECAUSE KIDS ARE LIKE SPONGES.
THEY TAKE EVERYTHING IN.
I AM BORN WITH THREE LANGUAGES, SO MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, HAVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT.
THE MORE YOU HEAR IT, THE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND IT MORE AND YOU WILL LOVE IT.
SO I THINK AS A PARENT, INTRODUCING CLASSICAL MUSIC TO THE CHILDREN IS THE BEST WAY TO CREATE THE PUBLIC FOR TOMORROW.
CHRISTINA: GILEBAE, I AM GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC MORE AND WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU MORE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CHRISTINA: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I'M CHRISTINA ESTES IN FOR TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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